Trade promotion

• Making & adherence to standards- Conformity Assessment Bodies like NABL.

• MAI (Market Access Initiative) Scheme

 Setting up of showroom / warehouse
 Sales promotion campaigns
 International departmental stores
 Publicity campaigns
 Participation in international trade fairs
 Brand promotion
 export promotion efforts with sharp focus on a country / product
 Testing charges for engineering products
Meetings, incentives, conventions, exhibitions (MICE)
• Estimated business- $300 billion ; India Share- 1.2%; Rank- 25 in delegate attendance.
• India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)- ecosystem for international exhibitions and
conferences
• For Ex- convention -cum-exhibition center at Pragati Maidan in Delhi

Special Economic Zones

Export Infrastructure
Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) for 2017-20

Supportive Infrastructure
for ex- upgradation of Border Haats, Land customs stations, quality testing and certification
labs, cold chains, trade promotion centres, dry ports, export warehousing and packaging, SEZs
and ports/airports cargo terminuses

Transportation Infrastructure
Road connectivity to ports, rail heads & airports.
TRADE ECOSYSTEM
Digitization and E-governance
Automation at DGFT
 Online form filling - eBRC (electronic Bank realization certificate)

India’s ICT Infrastructure

 Countries ICT Development Fixed broadband Active Mobile- 3G coverage (% Percentage of Internet
Index Ranking - 2017 Subscriptions per broadband per population) house- holds with bandwidth per
100 people 100 people internet access internet user
(kbits/s)

India 134 1.4 16.8 79.7 22.6 16

Singapore 18 25.6 146 100 91.1 982.9

Bangladesh 147 4.1 27.2 91.4 14.5 9.2

Pakistan 148 0.9 20.1 67 22.1 16.6

 Ongoing Initiatives

• IBEF has audited 35 websites Government supported relevant trade institutions .

• Commodity Boards, product development authorities, SEZs, will be digitized.
• IEC has been integrated with eBIZ portal of DIPP so firms have a choice to use either
DGFT or eBiz portal for making an application.
• Online Inter-ministerial consultations for SCOMET (Special Chemicals, Organisms,
Materials, Equipment and Technologies)
• FIEO displays information useful for export import. -Trade enquiries uploaded by Indian
trade missions, Tariff and Trade data of India’s major trade partners, Export Market
Reports, and Trade Agreements etc.
• DGFT: Facilities for Complaint Resolution Twitter handle (#DGFTINDIA)