Govt need to boost exports, industrial performance: India Inc

14 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Though the latest foreign trade data, which shows exports moved out of the negative zone in January 2013 after eight straight months of decline, posting a meagre growth of 0.82% at $25.58 billion, India Inc. believes that the slow-down in shipments still remains a cause for concern and the government needs to continue its support.

As per ASSOCHAM, the worrying factor is that the country’s trade deficit is widening due to import of oil and gold rather than import of capital goods. It has suggested that the government should review the implementation of its industrial and trade policies to boost exports and industrial performance. The industry body also expressed serious concerns over trade balance and said that the deteriorating trade balance has been the main culprit behind pushing the current account deficit to unsustainable levels.

According to CII National Committee on Exports & Imports Chairman Sanjay Budhia, the marginal growth in the January export growth shows that exports are slowly and steadily gaining momentum and continuation of this trend will help contain the trade deficit. He added that the government should extend two per cent Interest Subvention Scheme to all sectors for exports to make it more competitive with their counterparts. The industries are eagerly expecting the announcement of revamped 100 percent SEZ and EOU schemes.

Moreover, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations also recommended the government to support high-technology exports which account less than nine per cent to total exports. Regarding the shares of technology exports in Asian countries, it stated that in Singapore and the Philippines the share of tech exports is over 50 per cent, while, for Malaysia, it account for 45 per cent of the country’s exports.

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