Engineering exports declined by about 10 per cent to $27.81 billion in the first half of the current fiscal due to slowdown in major western economies.
The exports had totalled $30.89 billion in April-September period of the last fiscal. The decline was 8.2 per cent in September.
“The countries which are the principal trade partners of India, such as Germany and other EU countries are under economic slowdown, and this has affected our exports severely,” Aman Chadha, Chairman, EEPC India said here.
Chennai Engineering Colleges
Joint Secretary in the Commerce Ministry, Sumanta Chaudhuri, stressed upon diversification of destinations to deal with the ongoing slowdown in major markets.
Engineering Graduation
India exports engineering items such as transport equipment, capital goods, other machinery/equipment and light engineering products like castings, forgings and fasteners.
To promote engineering exports, EEPC India in association with Ministry of Commerce and Industry organises India Show in different parts of the world. The last India show was organised at Brno, Czech Republic in September.
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