DGFT assures transparent, robust process to boost exports

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Aug 08 2016 | 9:42 PM IST
Additional Director General of Foreign Trade Sonia Sethi today reassured the micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector that her office is working to improve governance and transparency with a time-bound schedule of services to ensure exports pick up in the coming months.
Addressing the open house meet organised by the World Trade Centre Mumbai and All India Association of Industries Sethi said: "My team is pulling up its socks on all issues faced by industry and the potential entrants in the MSME segment. The MSME clusters are our priority in export promotion."
As per the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, India's exports is targetted to jump from USD 465.9 billion to USD 900 billion by 2020 - i.E. From a share from 2 to 3.5 per cent.
Sethi also assured the exporters that she would soon convene a meeting of the committee on quality complaints and trade disputes.
"We have a comprehensive basket of deliverables and our effort is to facilitate and resolve difficulties faced by exporters. Large part of our systems is now online," she explained.
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First Published: Aug 08 2016 | 9:42 PM IST

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