Exports to hit record high this year amid global challenges: Commerce secy

FIEO expresses worry over negative growth seen in labour-intensive sectors

Even as the global environment has become very challenging, Indian exports are expected to touch record figures as they have already been seeing a consistent growth trajectory for the past two-and-a-half years, said a senior official from the Government of India.  

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with exporters in Chennai, organised by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), Anup Wadhawan, commerce secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said, "I think our exports will be a record figure. We will do better than whatever the earlier peak was. Given the export growth we see now, I am