Lok Sabha Question No. 768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Export-Import Offices in Bordering State
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 768**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 24** **TH** **JULY 2015**

**EXPORT-IMPORT OFFICES IN BORDERING STATE**

**768. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:**

Will the Minister of **COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (´ÉÉÉÊhÉVªÉ A´ÉÆ =tÉÉäMÉ àÉÆjÉÉÒ)** be pleased to state:

- 1.1. whether there are Export-Import offices in every bordering State in our country;
- 1.2. if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- 1.3. the expenditure incurred on such offices along with the revenue generated therefrom during each of the last three years and the current year;
- 1.4. the extent to which such offices help in boosting trade relations with neighbouring countries along with the status of trade  (Export-Import) from such offices during the said period;
- 1.5. whether there is any proposal to open Export-Import offices at Ganganagar in Kamalpur in Tripura State and other places in the country; and
- 1.6. if so, the details thereof and the locations thereof?

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### ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a) to (d) The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), involved in regulation and promotion of foreign trade, has a network of 38 Export – Import offices (DGFT Headquaters and 37 offices of the Regional Authority of DGFT) spread all over the country. The state-wise list of such offices, along with details of expenditure incurred thereon and revenue generated there from, during each of the last three years and the current year is annexed as Annexure-I. These offices of the Regional Authority help importers/ exporters in their capacity building and provide them guidance and facilitation in respect of various schemes under the Foreign Trade Policy and developments in international trade e.g. WTO agreements, Rules of Origin and anti-dumping issues, etc.

(e) & (f) There is no such proposal to open an Export – Import office (office of the Regional Authority of DGFT).

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| **Revenue/Expenditure statement of Export- Import Offices( Offices of the Regional Authority of DGFT )**   |                |                    |             |            |             |            |             |             | **Rs. In crore**                   |            |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------|------------|
|                                                                                                            | **State**      | **RA's Office In** | **2012-13** |            | **2013-14** |            | **2014-15** |             | **2015-16**  **(upto 30.06.2015)** |            |
|                                                                                                            |                |                    | **Revenue** | **Exp.**   | **Revenue** | **Exp.**   | **Revenue** | **Exp.**    | **Revenue**                        | **Exp.**   |
|                                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh | Vishakhapatnam     | 0.03        | 8.09       | 0.03        | 2.09       | 0.78        | 1.84        | 0.00                               | 0.68       |
|                                                                                                            | Assam          | Guwahati           | 0.01        | 0.64       | 0.02        | 0.79       | 0.01        | 0.81        | 0.04                               | 0.25       |
|                                                                                                            | Bihar          | Patna              | 0.06        | 0.55       | 0.06        | 0.55       | 0.01        | 0.73        | 0.02                               | 0.19       |
|                                                                                                            | Chattisgarh    | Raipur             | -0.22       | 0.17       | 0.01        | 0.22       | 0.01        | 0.25        | 0.00                               | 0.05       |
|                                                                                                            | Delhi          | Delhi HQRs.        | 0.02        | 25.55      | 0.23        | 22.69      | 0.17        | 25.50       | -0.01                              | 7.78       |
|                                                                                                            | Delhi          | CLA, New Delhi     | 63.37       | 207.12     | 64.91       | 175.01     | 71.17       | 107.70      | 25.47                              | 35.66      |
|                                                                                                            | Goa            | Goa                | 0.16        | 0.37       | 0.11        | 0.49       | 0.07        | 0.58        | 0.01                               | 0.11       |
|                                                                                                            | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad          | 2.76        | 68.31      | 2.27        | 103.20     | 1.98        | 278.44      | 0.38                               | 83.76      |
|                                                                                                            | Gujarat        | Baroda             | 6.84        | 15.59      | 0.49        | 6.11       | 1.14        | 5.51        | 0.30                               | 1.65       |
|                                                                                                            | Gujarat        | Rajkot             | 0.31        | 5.34       | 0.31        | 7.19       | 0.29        | 27.91       | 0.05                               | 0.15       |
|                                                                                                            | Gujarat        | Surat              | 0.17        | 26.27      | 0.31        | 20.31      | 0.39        | 30.25       | 0.18                               | 14.88      |
|                                                                                                            | Haryana        | Panipat            | 0.38        | 2.31       | 0.17        | 2.41       | 0.44        | 7.16        | 0.15                               | 1.07       |
|                                                                                                            | J&K            | Jammu              | 0.03        | 0.45       | 0.02        | 0.41       | 0.03        | 0.58        | 0.03                               | 0.20       |
|                                                                                                            | J&K            | Srinagar           | 0.00        | 0.25       | 0.00        | 0.27       | 0.00        | 0.25        | 0.00                               | 0.06       |
|                                                                                                            | Karnataka      | Bangalore          | 0.00        | 69.09      | 0.00        | 35.83      | 0.00        | 19.56       | 0.00                               | 4.83       |
|                                                                                                            | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram | 0.08        | 0.38       | 0.09        | 0.39       | 0.22        | 0.47        | 0.18                               | 0.13       |
|                                                                                                            | Kerala         | Cochin             | 0.57        | 12.07      | 0.33        | 10.76      | 0.21        | 15.91       | 0.43                               | 0.41       |
|                                                                                                            | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal             | 1.66        | 17.19      | 0.09        | 18.37      | 0.34        | 23.23       | 0.26                               | 0.96       |
|                                                                                                            | Madhya Pradesh | Indore             | 0.00        | 11.16      | 0.00        | 3.79       | 0.00        | 3.44        | 0.00                               | 0.47       |
|                                                                                                            | Maharashtra    | Mumbai             | 18.62       | 158.05     | 17.29       | 187.24     | 20.94       | 98.76       | 7.74                               | 45.48      |
|                                                                                                            | Maharashtra    | Nagpur             | 0.00        | 21.00      | 0.08        | 11.71      | 0.12        | 3.00        | 0.06                               | 0.07       |
|                                                                                                            | Maharashtra    | Pune               | 1.35        | 45.01      | 0.95        | 59.60      | 1.39        | 115.21      | 0.34                               | 6.46       |
|                                                                                                            | Meghalaya      | Shillong           | 0.03        | 0.39       | 0.01        | 0.38       | 0.01        | 0.42        | 0.00                               | 0.12       |
|                                                                                                            | Odisha         | Cuttack            | 0.14        | 0.55       | 0.02        | 0.55       | 0.22        | 0.61        | 0.00                               | 0.16       |
|                                                                                                            | Punjab         | Ludhiana           | 0.41        | 64.18      | 0.51        | 96.68      | 1.49        | 57.23       | 0.31                               | 1.26       |
|                                                                                                            | Punjab         | Amritsar           | 0.06        | 0.49       | 0.05        | 2.97       | 0.06        | 1.93        | 0.02                               | 0.07       |
|                                                                                                            | Rajasthan      | Jaipur             | 0.62        | 1.15       | 0.17        | 4.57       | 0.35        | 10.38       | 0.07                               | 0.63       |
|                                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu     | Chennai            | 0.96        | 11.85      | 1.60        | 14.85      | 3.36        | 13.50       | 0.92                               | 2.56       |
|                                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu     | Madurai            | 0.53        | 3.77       | 0.50        | 6.58       | 0.51        | 20.97       | 0.24                               | 2.84       |
|                                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore         | 0.69        | 55.97      | 2.01        | 72.36      | 4.03        | 60.87       | 0.61                               | 0.35       |
|                                                                                                            | Telengana      | Hyderabad          | 5.83        | 96.43      | 1.14        | 57.54      | 2.69        | 38.67       | 0.52                               | 0.52       |
|                                                                                                            | U.T            | Chandigarh         | 0.75        | 1.89       | 1.18        | 8.29       | 0.52        | 3.18        | 0.46                               | 0.35       |
|                                                                                                            | U.T            | Pudducherry        | 0.02        | 0.60       | 1.60        | 14.85      | 3.36        | 13.50       | 0.02                               | 0.09       |
|                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh  | Kanpur             | 0.54        | 7.22       | 0.49        | 11.01      | 0.31        | 7.04        | 0.06                               | 0.56       |
|                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh  | Moradabad          | 0.14        | 0.76       | 0.02        | 0.63       | 0.14        | 0.57        | 0.03                               | 0.17       |
|                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh  | Varanasi           | 0.00        | 1.00       | 0.00        | 1.12       | 0.00        | 2.86        | 0.00                               | 0.16       |
|                                                                                                            | Uttarakhand    | Dehradun           | 0.00        | 0.37       | 0.00        | 0.91       | 0.00        | 0.27        | 0.00                               | 0.06       |
|                                                                                                            | West Bengal    | Kolkatta           | 0.50        | 24.65      | 0.41        | 27.50      | 0.31        | 40.71       | 0.05                               | 8.40       |
|                                                                                                            | **Total**      |                    | **107.64**  | **966.23** | **97.48**   | **990.22** | **117.07**  | **1039.80** | **38.95**                          | **223.60** |

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