Govt working on export strategy to further accelerate India’s goods, services shipments: Goyal

06 Jan 2025 Evaluate

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government is working on an export strategy to further accelerate the country's goods and services shipments. He said the ministry is working on a ‘very’ targeted manner to take the exports to $2 trillion by 2030 by addressing concerns of exporters and identifying areas of India's competitive advantages and strengths. He said ‘Export of both goods and services are doing good despite global challenges... We are working on an export strategy to see how we can fast track growth of exports of both goods and services’.

In 2024-25, the exports are expected to cross $800 billion. It was $778 billion in the previous fiscal year. Regarding his expectations from the forthcoming Budget for exports, the minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always been ‘very’ supportive of the exporting community. He added ‘I am sure the Prime Minister and the finance minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) will always be proactive to support our exports’.

On concerns of exporters with regards to declining export credit and high interest rates, Goyal said the ministry is looking at these issues holistically and are engaged with the stakeholders concerned. He said ‘We are continuously looking at working with the banking system and the ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee Corporation) to find solutions to these concerns of exporters’. According to the Federation of India Export Organisations (FIEO), there was a decline of 5 per cent in export credit between March 2022 (Rs 2,27,452 crore) and March 2024 (Rs 2,17,406 crore).

He said they are discussing the issue of revamping special economic zones (SEZs) with all stakeholders as well as SEZ units. He added ‘And I am sure a holistic solution will come out to address the concerns of SEZs very soon’. On concerns of dumping of goods from China, he asked the industry to immediately approach the ministry's arm DGTR (Directorate General of Trade Remedies) if they face unfair competition due to a surge in imports. He added ‘India will not allow any dumping. We will be proactive in our measures’.


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