INTRODUCTION Foreign trade policy is also known as Export-Import policy or EXIM Policy. The EXIM polices are adopted by any country regarding the exports and imports goods and services with other countries in the world Trade policies can be of two types: Free trade policy Protective trade policy FTP has been to provide a framework of rules and procedures for exports and imports and a set of incentives for promoting exports Foreign trade has begun to play a significant part in the Indian economy reflecting its increasing integration in globalization •The vision is to make India a significant participant in world trade
•The mission is to provide a stable and sustainable policy
environment for growth of foreign trade •To provide a mechanism for regular appraisal in order to rationalize imports and reduce the trade imbalance INDIAN FOREIGN TRADE POLICY 2015- 2020
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced Foreign
Trade Policy 2015-2020. Foreign Trade Policy is depends upon product and its location wise which are helps to the country through Foreign Trade
Its helps to stability and sustainability policy for foreign trade.
Make in INDIA, Digital INDIA & Skills INDIA’s mainly initiatives for foreign trade policy as well as generation of employment. Its also gain the Global Competitive with the help of increasing the demand for Indian product’s and contribution
According to last FTP 2009-14 exports expected to increase from
466$ billion to 900$ billion by 2020 KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015-2020 FTP 2015-20 provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment and increasing value addition in the country, in line with the ‘Make in India’ program
The Policy aims to enable India to respond to the challenges of
the external environment, keeping in step with a rapidly evolving international trading architecture and make trade a major contributor to the country’s economic growth and development
Introduces two new schemes, namely ‘Merchandise Exports
from India Scheme (MEIS)’ for export of specified goods to specified markets and ‘Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)’ for increasing exports of notified services The rates of rewards under MEIS range from 2 per cent to 5 per cent. Under SEIS the selected Services would be rewarded at the rates of 3 per cent and 5 per cent
E-Commerce exports of handloom products,
books/periodicals, leather footwear, toys and customised fashion garments through courier or foreign post office would also be able to get benefit of MEIS (for values up to INR 25,000)
‘Niryat Bandhu Scheme’ has been galvanised and
repositioned to achieve the objectives of ‘Skill India’ FOREIGN TRADE POLICIES OF 2015-2020 Niryat Bandhu – Hand Holding for New Export/Import entrepreneurs Online Complaint registration and Monitoring system. Issue of E- Importer/Exporter Code and E-Bank Realization Certificate Reduction in important documents which was required for Export & Import Exemption from service tax on services received abroad Export promotion with capital goods Export Oriented Units, Electronic Hardware Technology Park, Software Technology Park and Bio Technology Park. Introduced INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN LAST 4 YEARS Modi Government come in May 2014 Domestic Agenda Given importance to the other countries Make In India Pratham Prawasi Sansad Parishad Quadrilateral Security Bangladesh & India The government is pitching India as a friendly destination for manufacturing and exporting goods, and the new policy is being seen as an important step towards realizing that goal.