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Kamal Nath to announce annual supplement to foreign trade policy
19 Apr '07
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Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, will announce the Annual Supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy.
All stakeholder inputs have been taken into account in fine-tuning the elements of the Annual Supplement 2007 to the Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09) through consultations, including in the Board of Trade.
The first-ever comprehensive Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) was announced by Shri Kamal Nath on 31st August, 2004 with a five year framework (2004-09), which took an integrated view of the overall development of India's foreign trade with a two-fold objective of (a) doubling India's percentage share of global merchandise trade by 2009; and (b) acting as an effective instrument of economic growth by giving a thrust to employment generation.
India's merchandise exports since the announcement of the Policy in August 2004 have gone up significantly. India's exports crossed the landmark figure of US $ 100 billion in 2005-06.
India's merchandise exports increased from US $ 53 billion in 2002-03 to US $ 103 billion in 2005-06.
Exports in the current year touched US $ 109 billion during April 2006 to February 2007, showing a growth of 22.95%.
All stakeholder inputs have been taken into account in fine-tuning the elements of the Annual Supplement 2007 to the Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09) through consultations, including in the Board of Trade.
The first-ever comprehensive Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) was announced by Shri Kamal Nath on 31st August, 2004 with a five year framework (2004-09), which took an integrated view of the overall development of India's foreign trade with a two-fold objective of (a) doubling India's percentage share of global merchandise trade by 2009; and (b) acting as an effective instrument of economic growth by giving a thrust to employment generation.
India's merchandise exports since the announcement of the Policy in August 2004 have gone up significantly. India's exports crossed the landmark figure of US $ 100 billion in 2005-06.
India's merchandise exports increased from US $ 53 billion in 2002-03 to US $ 103 billion in 2005-06.
Exports in the current year touched US $ 109 billion during April 2006 to February 2007, showing a growth of 22.95%.
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