Support Organizations and Services

Institutions engaged in export effort fall in six distinct

tiers. At the top is the Department of Commerce in the

Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This is the main
organization that formulates and guides Indias trade
policy. At the second tier, there are advisory bodies to
ensure that export problems are comprehensively dealt
with after mutual discussions between the
Government and the Industry.

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At the third tier are the commodity specific

organizations, which deal with problems relating to

individual commodities and/or groups of
commodities. The fourth tier consists of service
institutions, which facilitates and assist the exporters
to expand their operations and reach out more
effectively to the world markets.

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Services
The fifth tier consists of Government trading

organizations specifically set up to handle

export/import of specified commodities and to
supplement the efforts of the private enterprise in the
field of export promotion and import management.
Agencies for export promotion at the State level
constitute the sixth tier.

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I Department of Commerce in the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry

formulates and guides Indias trade policy

II Advisory Bodies
ensure that export problems are comprehensively dealt
with after mutual discussions between the
Government and the Industry

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III Commodity Specific Organizations
deal with problems relating to individual commodities
and/or groups of commodities
IV Service Institutions
facilitates and assist the exporters to expand their
operations and reach out more effectively to the world
markets

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V Government Trading Organizations
Handle export/import of specified commodities and to
supplement the efforts of the private enterprise in the
field of export promotion and import management
VI State Export Promotion Agencies
Facilitate export promotions from states