Lok Sabha Question No. 3965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Export of Engineering Goods
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Ganesan Selvam, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Dhanush M Kumar

## MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3965

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th MARCH, 2020

## EXPORT OF ENGINEERING GOODS

3965.  SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the  list  of  the  countries  to  whom  India  exports  its  engineering  goods  along  with  the quantum of foreign exchange earned during each of the last three years;
- (b) whether the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), as the apex body in charge of promoting engineering goods, has failed to promote the export of engineering goods from the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of the target fixed and the actual export of engineering goods reported during each of the last three years;
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  fiscal  incentives  including  extension  of interest subvention scheme and other stimulus to the engineering sector to stem the fall in the export of engineering goods; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the specific steps taken/being taken b y the Government to boost the export of engineering goods from the country?

## ANSWER

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- (a) The list of countries to which India exports its engineering goods, along with the value of exports (in US Dollars) from India to each of the countries, during the last three years is given in Annexure -I.
- (b)&(c) EEPC India is a Council set up under the aegis of Department of Commerce for promoting exports in the engineering sector and acts as an interface between the engineering industry and the Government.

The value of engineering exports from India in the last three years is as under:

(In US$ billion)

|                                   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Engineering Exports               |     65.24 |     76.21 |     81.02 |
| Growth( %) over the previous year |     11.33 |     16.81 |      6.31 |

As  may  be  seen  from  the  above,  engineering  exports  have  shown  healthy  year-on-year growth rates of 11.33%, 16.81% and 6.31% respectively, during the last three years.

- (d) The target for engineering exports fixed by EEPC India and the actual exports during the last three years in respect of engineering  sector are given below:

(US$ billion)

| Engineering Exports   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Target                |     65    |     70    |     80    |
| Actual Export         |     65.24 |     76.21 |     81.02 |

- (e)& (f) Government has taken several initiatives for enhancing the competitiveness of Indian exports, especially the engineering sector, which, inter-alia, include the following:
- (i) The Cabinet has recently approved a Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) for re-imbursement of taxes/ duties/ levies, which are currently not being refunded under any other mechanism, at the Central, State and local level,  which are incurred in the process of manufacture and distribution of exported products.
- (ii) Under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), introduced in the Foreign Trade Policy  (FTP)  2015-20  on 1 st April, 2015  with  the  objective to offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in exporting goods/products which are produced/manufactured in India, duty credit scrips based on realized FOB value of exports of notified tariff lines are granted, which are transferable and can be used to pay certain Central Duties/taxes including customs duties. At present, the Scheme covers exports of  more than 7500 tariff lines, including goods from the engineering sector.
- (iii) Interest  Equalization Scheme  on pre and post shipment rupee  export credit was introduced from 1.4.2015 providing interest equalization at 3% for labour intensive/MSME sectors. The rate was increased to 5% for MSME sectors with effect from 2.11.2018 and merchant exporters were covered under the Scheme with effect from 2.1.2019.
- (iv) A new Scheme called 'Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)' was launched with effect from 1.4.2017 to address the export infrastructure gaps in the country.
- (v) A variety  of  export promotion activities  are undertaken through EEPC India, including the annual  International  Engineering  Sourcing  Show  in  India  and  the  Indian  Engineering Exhibitions across the world, for promoting engineering exports.
- (vi) The brand 'Indian Engineering' is promoted to enhance the global image of Indian engineering products.
- (vii) Technology upgradation initiative for development of cutting-edge export-oriented technologies, etc.

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## Country-Wise details of engineering exports for the last 3 years

| Sl No   | COUNTRY (Values in US$ million)   | 2016-17      | 2017-18      | 2018-19       |
|---------|-----------------------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
| 1       | U S A                             | 7115.9       | 10270.1      | 11906.7       |
| 2       | UAE                               | 4021.5       | 4193.7       | 4304.1        |
| 3       | SINGAPORE                         | 2833.3       | 1996.7       | 3483.7        |
| 4       | GERMANY                           | 2215.5       | 3213.8       | 3244.9        |
| 5       | NEPAL                             | 2164.9       | 2571         | 2977.8        |
| 6       | BANGLADESH                        | 1998.7       | 2455.3       | 2864.2        |
| 7       | U K                               | 2529.1       | 2854         | 2803.7        |
| 8       | MEXICO                            | 2449.1       | 2674.8       | 2505.3        |
| 9       | INDONESIA                         | 1421.1       | 1784.6       | 2362.7        |
| 10      | ITALY                             | 2086.3       | 2462.3       | 2352.7        |
| 11      | CHINA                             | 1973.2       | 3223.7       | 1834          |
| 12      | MALAYSIA                          | 2406.9       | 2021.3       | 1757.9        |
| 13      | SRI LANKA                         | 1434.5       | 1579.1       | 1740.1        |
| 14      | KOREA RP                          | 1602.4       | 1931.3       | 1734.5        |
| 15      | TURKEY                            | 1550.6       | 1761.2       | 1731.2        |
| 16      | THAILAND                          | 970          | 1241.1       | 1619.4        |
| 17      | BELGIUM                           | 1220.2       | 1406.7       | 1615.7        |
| 18      | SOUTH AFRICA                      | 1063.4       | 1355.2       | 1553.8        |
| 19 20   | SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE               | 1231.4       | 1271.8       | 1438.9 1403.4 |
| 21      | NIGERIA                           | 1694.9 580.2 | 1422.6 877.7 | 1338.1        |
| 22      | JAPAN                             | 801.1        | 1056.2       | 1233.4        |
| 23      | VIETNAM                           | 1133.1       | 1175.3       | 1179.4        |
| 24      | SPAIN                             | 963          | 1196.6       | 1142.8        |
| 25      | BRAZIL                            | 627.4        | 926.3        | 1028.3        |
| 26      | NETHERLAND                        | 922.8        | 891          | 1007.2        |
| 27      | CANADA                            | 430.7        | 714.3        | 886.4         |
| 28      | AUSTRALIA                         | 601.6        | 792.9        | 877.8         |
| 29      | OMAN                              | 745.4        | 613          | 816.1         |
| 30      | EGYPT                             | 499          | 758.9        | 764.2         |
| 31      | TAIWAN                            | 855.7        | 787.1        | 722.7         |
| 32      | PHILIPPINES                       | 549.2        | 670.4        | 664.6         |
| 33      | COLOMBIA                          | 385.6        | 508.9        | 579.4         |
| 34      | KENYA                             | 521.4        | 510.1        | 562.2         |
| 35      | RUSSIA                            | 553.5        | 511.1        | 544.8         |
| 36      | POLAND                            | 343.5        | 527.2        | 537.6         |
| 37      | QATAR                             | 214.6        | 514.5        | 525.5         |
| 38      | CHILE                             | 332.5        | 365.9        | 500.4         |
| 39      | KUWAIT                            | 645.2        | 538.4        | 467.4         |
| 40      | ALGERIA                           | 381.3        | 429.3        | 465.9         |
| 41      | TANZANIA REP                      | 236.7        | 275.9        | 342.5         |
| 42      | IRAN                              | 499.5        | 495.7        | 326.9         |
| 43      | ISRAEL                            | 356.1        | 452.8        | 312.8         |
| 44      | BAHARAIN IS                       | 177.4        | 227          | 307           |
| 45      | ETHIOPIA                          | 369.4        | 330.5        | 301           |
| 46      | SWEDEN                            | 237.7        | 263.5        | 294.3         |
| 47      | BHUTAN                            | 273.7        | 221.7        | 262.3         |
| 48      | ROMANIA                           | 117.7        | 218.3        | 252.6         |
| 49 50   | HONG KONG GHANA                   | 127.1 246    | 291 232.8    | 234.7 234.3   |

## Annex-I

| 51      | MYANMAR              | 204.4      | 353.7    | 229.1     |
|---------|----------------------|------------|----------|-----------|
| 52      | PERU                 | 354.8      | 323.6    | 225.1     |
| 53      | AUSTRIA              | 146.9      | 204.7    | 218.8     |
| 54      | SWITZERLAND          | 259.6      | 164.7    | 194.4     |
| 55      | UGANDA               | 153.3      | 176.5    | 193.9     |
| 56      | PAKISTAN IR          | 140.6      | 189.5    | 181.7     |
| 57      | DENMARK              | 167        | 196.6    | 180       |
| 58      | CZECH REPUBLIC       | 321.9      | 173      | 178.1     |
| 59      | ARGENTINA            | 178.8      | 292.2    | 166.3     |
| 60      | SUDAN                | 138.9      | 162.5    | 163.7     |
| 61      | ECUADOR              | 111.8      | 149.5    | 159.8     |
| 62      | GREECE               | 116.2      | 137.6    | 156.6     |
| 63      | IRAQ                 | 96.8       | 121.9    | 147       |
| 64      | AFGHANISTAN          | 43.6       | 132.9    | 145.2     |
| 65      | PORTUGAL             | 155.3      | 168.2    | 138.5     |
| 66      | TUNISIA              | 109.8      | 106.1    | 133.6     |
| 67      | HUNGARY              | 139.8      | 142.6    | 131       |
| 68      | MOROCCO              | 125.4      | 104.4    | 127.6     |
| 69      | GUATEMALA            | 104.9      | 139.5    | 123.6     |
| 70      | SENEGAL              | 188.3      | 153.9    | 117       |
| 71      | IRELAND              | 85.4       | 95.9     | 112.6     |
| 72      | CONGOD. REP.         | 51.1       | 63.9     | 111.4     |
| 73      | UZBEKISTAN           | 45.1       | 53.2     | 100.7     |
| 74      | MOZAMBIQUE           | 58         | 82       | 100.1     |
| 75      | ZAMBIA               | 64.7       | 76.6     | 100.1     |
| 77      | GUINEA               | 55.7       | 86.5     | 95.6      |
| 78      | NEWZEALAND           | 66.5       | 86       | 92        |
| 79 80   | DJIBOUTI LEBANON     | 50.7       | 74.7 77  | 84.9 84.1 |
| 81      | BULGARIA             | 54.3 144.6 | 55.7     | 82        |
| 82      | JORDAN               | 80.8       | 62.8     | 79.9      |
| 83      | FINLAND              | 67.7       | 95.1     | 77.1      |
| 84      | COTE D' IVOIRE       | 94.1       | 185.2    | 77        |
| 85      | CAMBODIA             | 18.3       | 21.4     | 76.7      |
| 86      | RWANDA               | 37.2       | 32.3     | 74.9      |
| 87      | UKRAINE              | 62         | 77.8     | 72        |
| 88      | PANAMA REPUBLIC      | 88.5       | 81.1     | 71        |
| 89      | URUGUAY              | 54         | 40.4     | 66.4      |
| 90      | NORWAY               | 48.8       | 140.4    | 65.4      |
| 91      | BURKINA FASO         | 39.7       | 57.2     | 62.9      |
| 92      | BOLIVIA              | 53.3       | 70.7     | 61.6      |
| 93      | COSTA RICA           | 100        | 76.9     | 60.7      |
| 94      | MAURITANIA           | 6.9        | 20.8     | 57.8      |
| 95      | PARAGUAY             | 60         | 76.9     | 56.8      |
| 96      | SLOVAK REP           | 48.5       | 55.7     | 56.5      |
| 97      | MALAWI               | 65.3       | 58.8     | 56.2      |
| 98      | MALDIVES             | 45.5       | 60.6     | 55.6      |
| 99      | SOMALIA              | 40.9       | 56.8     | 53.7      |
| 100     | CONGOP REP           | 43.9       | 35.3     | 53.6      |
| 101     | MALI                 | 36.6       | 44.4     | 53        |
| 102     | SEYCHELLES           | 16.6       | 19.3     | 52.8      |
| 103     | DOMINIC REP          | 101.2      | 51.2     | 52.4      |
| 104     | SLOVENIA             | 26.5       | 51.4     | 51.6      |
| 105     | BENIN                | 72.7       | 55.1     | 48.7      |
| 106     | ANGOLA               | 25.3       | 31.4     | 47.4      |
| 107 108 | SIERRA LEONE NAMIBIA | 24 11.5    | 32.6 9.8 | 47.3 45.9 |
|         | HONDURAS             |            |          |           |
| 109 110 | PUERTO RICO          | 39.8 12    | 49 17.8  | 45.7 42   |

| 111     | LIBYA           | 44.4     | 20.9   | 38.2      |
|---------|-----------------|----------|--------|-----------|
| 112     | LATVIA          | 32.6     | 32     | 37.2      |
| 113     | ZIMBABWE        | 22.9     | 30.2   | 36.6      |
| 114     | YEMEN REPUBLC   | 38.4     | 33.3   | 35.8      |
| 115     | LITHUANIA       | 27.1     | 28.5   | 34.1      |
| 116     | ESTONIA         | 21.6     | 29.5   | 34        |
| 117     | LAO PD RP       | 14.3     | 16.2   | 30.6      |
| 118     | CAMEROON        | 26       | 49.9   | 30.2      |
| 119     | TRINIDAD        | 33.6     | 35.6   | 28.7      |
| 120     | MADAGASCAR      | 28       | 28.4   | 27.4      |
| 121     | LIBERIA         | 25.2     | 120.6  | 27.3      |
| 122     | CROATIA         | 9.7      | 14     | 26.1      |
| 123     | EL SALVADOR     | 25.5     | 25.9   | 25.7      |
| 124     | BRUNEI          | 13.8     | 29.2   | 22.7      |
| 125     | NICARAGUA       | 53.1     | 48.1   | 22.1      |
| 126     | LUXEMBOURG      | 7.7      | 7.4    | 22        |
| 127     | SYRIA           | 20.8     | 24.1   | 21.9      |
| 128     | KAZAKHSTAN      | 13.5     | 23.7   | 21.5      |
| 129     | GAMBIA          | 8        | 19.2   | 21.2      |
| 130     | MONTENEGRO      | 19.6     | 34.3   | 19.6      |
| 131     | BOTSWANA        | 8        | 12.1   | 18.5      |
| 132     | GABON           | 15.8     | 11.4   | 18.2      |
| 133     | SERBIA          | 11.7     | 13.9   | 18.1      |
| 134     | GEORGIA         | 30.7     | 10.3   | 18.1      |
| 135     | TOGO            | 24.3     | 22.3   | 18        |
| 137     | MALTA           | 6.7      | 10.7   | 17.4      |
| 138     | GNA             | 11.1     | 12.6   | 15.6      |
| 139     | PAPUAN BURUNDI  | 6.5      | 7.9    | 15.5      |
| 140     | AZERBAIJAN      | 20       | 11.1   | 15.4      |
| 141     | FIJI IS         |          | 14.5   |           |
| 142     | MONGOLIA        | 14.9 1.2 | 11.9   | 14.9 11.3 |
| 143     | HAITI           | 7.1      | 13     | 11        |
| 144     | CHAD            | 6.5      | 8.3    | 10.7      |
| 145     | BR VIRGN IS     | 0        | 0      | 10.3      |
| 146     | CUBA            | 9.6      | 7.8    | 10.1      |
| 147     | SURINAME        | 2.4      | 7.5    | 9.9       |
| 148     | CYPRUS          | 9        | 9.9    | 9         |
| 149     | GUYANA          | 6.4      | 6.2    | 9         |
| 150     | NIGER           | 12.6     | 15     | 8.7       |
| 151     | NETHERLANDANTIL | 13       | 12.2   | 8.5       |
| 152     | BOSNIA-HRZGOVIN | 1.3      | 5.2    | 8.1       |
| 153     | BARBADOS        | 8.5      | 7.6    | 7.9       |
| 154     | ALBANIA         | 8.1      | 6.4    | 6.5       |
| 155     | ARUBA           | 5.7      | 4.3    | 6.3       |
| 156     | UNSPECIFIED     | 162.8    | 2.2    | 5.5       |
| 157     | SOUTH SUDAN     | 2.1      | 0.6    | 5.3       |
| 158     | BELARUS         | 5        | 6.3    | 5.2       |
| 159     | NEW CALEDONIA   | 5.7      | 3.7    | 5         |
| 160     | REUNION         | 4.3      | 4.1    | 4.9       |
| 161     | VENEZUELA       | 17.8     | 7.6    | 4.8       |
| 162     | TURKMENISTAN    | 15.2     | 6.4    | 4.3       |
| 163     | TAJIKISTAN      | 0.6      | 0.7    | 4.3       |
| 164     |                 | 11.3     | 1.8    | 4         |
|         | GUINEA BISSAU   |          |        |           |
| 166     | FR POLYNESIA    | 2.9      | 4.4    | 3.6       |
| 167     | BELIZE ICELAND  | 1 3.9    | 2.2 2  | 3.5 3.2   |
| 168 169 | MACEDONIA       | 2.7      | 2      | 3.1       |
| 170     | COMOROS         | 5.2      | 12.5   | 3.1       |

| 171   | BERMUDA                   |     2.8 |     2.9 |     2.7 |
|-------|---------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 172   | GRENADA                   |     2.3 |     1.8 |     2.5 |
| 173   | ST LUCIA                  |     3.3 |     2.7 |     2.4 |
| 174   | GUADELOUPE                |     2.5 |     2.5 |     2.2 |
| 175   | BAHAMAS                   |     2.6 |     2.7 |     2.1 |
| 176   | ANTIGUA                   |     1.5 |     1.9 |     2.1 |
| 177   | MOLDOVA                   |     0.7 |     1.2 |     2   |
| 178   | CAYMAN IS                 |     2.5 |     2   |     2   |
| 179   | C AFRI REP                |     1   |     0.5 |     1.7 |
| 180   | LIECHTENSTEIN             |     0.1 |     1.1 |     1.5 |
| 181   | MARTINIQUE                |     2   |     1.7 |     1.5 |
| 182   | ARMENIA                   |     5.1 |     2.2 |     1.4 |
| 183   | FR GUIANA                 |     1.1 |     1.7 |     1.1 |
| 184   | ERITREA                   |     0.8 |     0.9 |     1.1 |
| 185   | EQUTL GUINEA              |     2   |     1.1 |     0.9 |
| 186   | ST KITTN A                |     0.9 |     1.1 |     0.9 |
| 187   | VIRGIN IS US              |     0   |     0.6 |     0.8 |
| 188   | KYRGHYZSTAN               |     0.6 |     1.1 |     0.7 |
| 189   | SAMOA                     |     0.5 |     0.7 |     0.5 |
| 190   | TIMOR-LESTE               |     0.3 |     0.3 |     0.5 |
| 191   | VANUATU REP               |     0.3 |     0.4 |     0.5 |
| 192   | CAPE VERDE IS             |     0.4 |     0.3 |     0.4 |
| 193   | NAURU RP                  |     2.5 |     1.1 |     0.4 |
| 194   | KOREA DP RP               |     8.1 |     6   |     0.4 |
| 195   | DOMINICA                  |     0.3 |     0.6 |     0.3 |
| 196   | SOLOMON IS                |     0.7 |     0.3 |     0.3 |
| 197   | MARSHALL ISLAND           |     0   |    13.9 |     0.2 |
| 198   | GIBRALTAR                 |     0.2 |     0.1 |     0.2 |
| 199   | ANDORRA                   |     0.1 |     0.1 |     0.2 |
| 200   | ST VINCENT                |     0.2 |     0.1 |     0.2 |
| 201   | MAYOTTE                   |     0   |     0   |     0.1 |
| 202   | KIRIBATI REP              |     0   |     0.1 |     0.1 |
| 203   | NORFOLK IS                |     0   |     0   |     0.1 |
| 204   | N. MARIANA IS.            |     0   |     0   |     0.1 |
| 205   | MONACO                    |     0   |     0   |     0.1 |
| 206   | LESOTHO                   |     0.1 |     0.2 |     0.1 |
| 207   | TONGA                     |     0.1 |     0.3 |     0.1 |
| 208   | SAO TOME                  |     0.2 |     0   |     0.1 |
| 209   | GUAM                      |     0   |     0.1 |     0   |
| 210   | MACAO                     |     0.7 |     0.1 |     0   |
| 211   | MONTSERRAT                |     0.3 |     0   |     0   |
| 212   | US MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |     0.7 |     0.2 |     0   |
| 213   | TURKS C IS                |     0.4 |     0.2 |     0   |
| 214   | ANGUILLA                  |     0   |     0.1 |     0   |
| 215   | PITCAIRN IS.              |     0.1 |     0   |     0   |
| 216   | AMERI SAMOA Total         |     0   |     0.2 |     0   |
|       |                           | 65238.8 | 76199.2 | 81017.4 |

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