Lok Sabha Question No. 2079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Boosting India’s Foreign Trade
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2079.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 1 ST  JANUARY,  2018.

## BOOSTING INDIA'S FOREIGN TRADE

## 2079.   SHRI C.R. PATIL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  a  timeline  for achieving  USD  1  trillion in manufacturing revenue and take its share in GDP to 20 per cent and if so, the present position thereof;
- (b) whether the government is taking up the issue with the concerned authorities on the challenges that the exports are facing in the GST regime and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  looking  at  opening  offices  in  different  geographies  to penetrate in the global market and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is looking at working on developing global supply chains for agriculture sector and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यएवंउद्योग मंत्रालयमेंराज् यमंत्री(श्री सी.आर.चौधरी)

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): National Manufacturing Policy of 2011 has, inter-alia, an objective of enhancing the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25 per cent by 2022.
- (b): The GST related challenges faced by the exporters are continuously reviewed by the Government  and  taken  up  with  the  GST  Council.    The  Government  announced  a major  relief  package  for  exporters  in  October  2017  by  extending  the  Advance Authorization (AA) / Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) / 100% EOU schemes to  sourcing inputs etc. from abroad as well as domestic suppliers. Holders of AA / EPCG and EOUs would not have to pay Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST), Cess etc. on imports. Also, domestic supplies to holders of AA / EPCG and EOUs would be treated as deemed exports.
- (c): In  the  Mid  Term  Review  of  the  Foreign  Trade  Policy  (2015-20),    the  focus  in  on increasing  India's  exports  in  under  and  untapped  markets  in  high  potential  regions

like  Africa  and  also  on  greater  engagement  with  Latin  America  and  the  Caribbean Region.

- (d): The Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA), an autonomous Organisation under the Department of Commerce mandated to promote exports, has initiated work on development of agri-clusters for boosting the export of agri  based  produce  by  identifying  certain  pockets  of  export  potential  fruits  and vegetables  in  different  states  in  the  country.  The  concept  of  Cluster  development entails  focused  channelization  of  efforts  in  a  converged  manner  for  the  overall development  of  supply  and  value  chain  of  the  identified  produce.  To  ensure credibility  of  Indian  agriculture  products  in  the  international  markets,  APEDA  has also developed traceability, information technology enabled monitoring systems coopting all stakeholders in the supply chain into a single system to ensure food safety, monitoring of pesticide residues like aflatoxin, product standardization and export of quality products from India to eliminate export constraints like non-tariff barriers etc.

<!-- image -->