Budget provides strong systemic support to India’s export ecosystem: Commerce Secretary

02 Feb 2026 Evaluate

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal has said that the Budget for 2026-27 has announced a series of measures and provides strong systemic support to India’s export ecosystem by focusing on areas such as manufacturing, logistics and trade facilitation. 

He said that there are measures for labour-intensive as well as high-tech sectors. He said the focus on logistics and trade facilitation help cut compliance burden for exporters and improve India's share in global trade. Announcements with regard to electronics, IT, pharma, marine, leather, textiles and semi-conductor will further give a boost to the country's exports.  

Meanwhile, the commerce ministry said the revival of 200 legacy industrial clusters through infrastructure and technology upgradation will help lower costs, improve productivity, and make traditional export hubs more competitive. It said that Reforms in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are designed to enhance capacity utilisation, economies of scale, and overall resilience of the SEZ ecosystem while maintaining export orientation. It noted that one-time facilitation for limited Domestic Tariff Area sales at concessional duties and extended tax incentives for cloud and data-centre operations are expected to attract global manufacturers and technology players to SEZs. 


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