The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) inaugurated the International Trade Negotiations Program for officials of the Department of Commerce (DOC) today. Organised by IIFT’s Centre for International Negotiations (CIN), the program is designed to strengthen the negotiation skills of government officials and bolster India’s global trade engagement Commerce Secretary, Shri Sunil Barthwal, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. In ...

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Regional Authority Delhi, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, hosted an outreach programme on the recently concluded India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Themed “Gateway to Growth: Harnessing Opportunities under India–UK CETA”, the event brought together senior government officials, diplomats, Export Promotion Councils (EPCs), industry leaders, ...

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, released the Guidebook on Mapping of Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) Codes prepared by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on 20th September 2025 during the event on “Celebrating 10 Years of Make in India and Discussion on Next Gen-Reforms 2.0” in New Delhi. The Guidebook which provides ...

The Government of India has implemented various measures to curb the import of substandard goods in Indian markets. To protect the domestic industry from the adverse impact of cheaper imports, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), an attached office of Department of Commerce, conducts various investigations (anti-dumping/safeguard (quantitative restrictions)/ countervailing) under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the rules ...

Under the National Logistics Policy 2022, various actions have been undertaken to overcome key challenges like integrated development of the Logistics Sector, on boarding of the States and UTs, standardisation of assets, digitalisation of processes etc and to improve the logistics efficiency in the country. These are enumerated below: Sectoral Plan for Efficient Logistics (SPEL) in Coal sector have been ...

India’s total exports (Merchandise and Services combined) for September 2024* is estimated at USD 65.19 Billion, registering a positive growth of 3.76 percent vis-à-vis September 2023.Total imports (Merchandise and Services combined) for September 2024* is estimated at USD 71.68 Billion, registering a positive growth of 3.79 percent vis-à-vis September 2023. Table 1: Trade during September 2024*     September 2024 ...

The annual rate of inflation based on all India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 2.04% (Provisional) for the month of July, 2024 (over July, 2023). Positive rate of inflation in July, 2024 is primarily due to increase in prices of food articles, manufacture of food products, mineral oils, crude petroleum & natural gas, other manufacturing etc. The index numbers ...

India’s total exports (Merchandise and Services combined) for July 2024* is estimated at USD 62.42 Billion, registering a positive growth of 2.81 percent vis-à-vis July 2023.Total imports (Merchandise and Services combined) for July 2024* is estimated at USD 72.03 Billion, registering a positive growth of 7.14 percent vis-à-vis July 2023.   Table 1: Trade during July 2024*     July ...

The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 4.0per cent (provisional) in June, 2024 as compared to the Index in June, 2023. The production of Coal, Electricity, Natural Gas, Steel, Fertilizer sand Cement recorded positive growth in June 2024. The details of annual indices, monthly indices and growth rates are provided at Annex I and Annex II. The ICI ...

The Government recognizes the importance of sustainable logistics for India’s economic growth and environmental well-being. Several initiatives have been taken to promote sustainable Logistics Industry, leveraging technologies including digitalization and automation. The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) platform aims at enhancing industrial productivity and helping the country achieve its green logistics and clean energy goals through multi-modal connectivity across ...