UP top exporter among land-locked states

Virendra Singh Rawat

Lucknow / Mar 27, 2021

Uttar Pradesh is the country’s leading exporter among all the land-locked (surrounded by land) states in India.

According to UP additional chief secretary, MSME and export promotion, Navneet Sehgal, UP contributed 4.55 per cent in the net export basket of India, which was highest among land-locked provinces.

He informed UP accounted 45 per cent and 26 per cent of the total handicraft and leather/leather goods exports respectively from India.

Sehgal claimed exports from UP had jumped 38 per cent in three years from Rs 38,000 crore to Rs 1.20 trillion in 2019-20 financial year. “Now, we are looking to double our exports volume in the next three years.”

He observed higher exports would not only help in earning more foreign exchange, but also augment the state’s manufacturing capacity and generate jobs.

Meanwhile, the state government has expedited the process of setting up 15 common facility centres to cater the MSME entrepreneurs and startups.

UP export basket primarily consists of handicraft, handloom, carpet, textile, apparels, leather, woodwork, farm produce, food processing, engineering goods, sports goods, defence ware etc.

The Yogi Adityanath government has identified five important sectors to boost exports and manufacturing, including education, tourism, IT, medical value travel and logistics.