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The government has launched the Trade Connect ePlatform to streamline export and import information for entrepreneurs..
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday launched Trade Connect ePlatform, a portal to provide all kind of information related to exports and imports, a move aimed at ease of doing business for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs...
It will connect more than 6 lakh import-export code (IEC) holders, over 180 Indian Mission officials, above. 600 Export Promotion Council Officials, besides the officials from Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), department of commerce and banks...
Unless and until, we have entrepreneurs, the dream of $2 trillion exports of goods and services (by 2030) will be difficult to achieve, commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal said.. DGFT Santosh Kumar Sarangi said that it will provide exporters real-time access to critical trade-related information, while seamlessly connecting them to key government entities such as the Indian Missions abroad, Department of Commerce, Export Promotion Councils, and other trade experts...
The information which would be available on the platform includes product and country-wise customs duties and regulations; free trade pacts-related information, trade-related services offered by different departments and agencies; non-tariff barriers; about global buyers, and exhibitions...
