India’s total exports (Merchandise and Services combined) for September 2025* is estimated at US$ 67.20 Billion, registering a positive growth of 0.78 percent vis-à-vis September 2024. Total imports (Merchandise and Services combined) for September 2025* is estimated at US$ 83.82 Billion, registering a positive growth of 11.34 percent vis-à-vis September 2024. Table 1: Trade during September 2025* September 2025 (US$ ...

The 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs began in Guwahati, Assam, on 13th October, highlighting India’s role in the global spice sector. Organised by the Spices Board under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the event brought together 81 delegates from 27 countries to discuss harmonised international standards for spices and culinary herbs. Inaugurating the session, ...

India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Vladivostok on 06 September 2025 and highlighted the need for export diversification, reducing dependency, and building resilient supply chains. With the SCO accounting for 42% of the world’s population and 17.2% of global trade, India emphasised ...

AURIC (Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area) in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra proudly marks its sixth anniversary, celebrating a journey of industrial progress, global investments, and sustainable growth. It is one of India’s first Greenfield Industrial Smart Cities developed under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP). In six years, 323 plots have been allotted across industrial and mixed-use categories, covering 3,029 acres of ...

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has successfully completed the migration of Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum (IEM) services from the existing G2B Portal to the National Single Window System (NSWS). This important reform initiative is aimed at furthering the Government of India’s agenda of Ease of Doing Business and providing a seamless digital ...

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) to accelerate innovation in India’s biotechnology sector and nurture a strong pipeline of high-growth startups. The partnership aims to support over 500 biotech startups in the next three years through strategic advisory, technology access, mentorship, ...

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 ...