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Indian industry needs to leverage, utilise India's newly finalised FTAs: Commerce Secretary

12 May 2026 Evaluate

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal has urged Indian industry to leverage and utilise India's newly finalised free trade agreements (FTAs), as these pacts offer trade and investment opportunities. He said that the country's track record in FTA utilisation is not great.

The secretary said that the country's industrial policy should complement its trade policy, as trade is also a function of how India invests and produces. He noted that India has implemented trade pacts with a number of countries and groupings including Singapore, Japan, Korea and Asean. He said these agreements have contributed to higher trade volumes, but India's exports have grown at a slower pace than imports. Talking about the trade pacts with Mauritius, the UAE, Australia, the EU, UK, EFTA, New Zealand and Oman, he said these are modern agreements and have gone beyond tariffs. He highlighted that all the stakeholders including the industry and the government need to take steps to make these pacts useful for India

He further said it is important that the government and industry disseminate information and educate companies about the advantages of trade agreements, reaching a broader pool of companies so they can actually utilise the benefits. He asked the industry to include these pacts in their long-term business strategy. He said Indian companies will need to look at more and more opportunities to becoming a part of global value chains. He added that the new FTAs of India are with developed economies, which are complementary in nature, and which can bring investments into India.  


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