Institutional Infrastructure for Export Promotion

• Exporters need guidance and assistance. Government of India has set up several
institutions
• Six distinct tiers
• Tier I : Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Formulate and guide India’s Trade Policy
• Tier II : Deliberative and Consultative organizations
- To ensure export problems are comprehensively dealt with after mutual discussion
with government and Industry
• Tier III : Commodity specific organizations
- To deal with problems relating to individual commodities or group of commodities
• Tier IV : Service Institutions
- To facilitate and assist the exporters to expand their operations and reach out more
effectively to the world markets
• Tier V : Government Trading Organizations
- To supplement the efforts of the private enterprises in the field of export promotion
• Tier VI : Agencies for export promotion of the state level 1
Ministry of Commerce
• Economic Division
• Trade Policy Division
• Foreign Trade Territorial Division
• Export Products Division
• Export Services Division
• Export Industrial Division
• DGFT (Directorate general of Foreign Trade)
Consultative & Deliberative Body – Board of Trade
• Chamber of Commerce (FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHD Cambers of Commerce and
Industry), FASSI, FIEO, CII, etc.
• Board of Trade – Highest forum for Government – Industry interface
Commodity Organizations
• Export Promotion Councils (28)
• Commodity Boards (6)
• Export Development Authorities – APEDA, MPEDA 2
Service Institutions
• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
• India Trade Promotion Organisation
• National Centre for Trade Information
• Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
• Exim Bank
• Export Inspection Council
• Indian Institute o f Packaging
• Indian Council of Arbitration
• Federation of Indian Export organizations
• Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics
• Indian Govt. Trade representatives abroad

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Government Participation in Foreign Trade
STC PEC
MMTC NAFFED (National Agricultural Co-operative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd.)
National Textile Corporation
Organizational Set-up in the states
• Deptt. Of Commerce
• Export Promotion Boards
• Export Corporations