KCC&I with DGFT, FIEO conduct seminar on export promotion

Excelsior Correspondent

Srinagar, Dec 9: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry today organized a seminar on ‘District As Export Hub-Promotion Training Programme’ here during which a threadbare discussion was held on the promotion of export as well as the start-ups in Kashmir.
The seminar was held in association with the Directorate of General Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, and the Federation of Indian Export Organization (FIEO).
Sukhdev Banerjee, Asstt. Director-General of Foreign Trade, Aruna Narula, Member, Business Excellence Support Team, DGFT, Gaurav Gupta, FIEO, Vijay Paul, Branch Head, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India, Srinagar were Guests at the event.
While speaking on the occasion, Sukhdev Banerjee assured all help and support from the Director-General of Foreign Trade for exporters and entrepreneurs for their new start-ups.
Aruna Narula briefed the audience about the Export Procedure, starting of export, process, information, role and schemes of Director General of Foreign Trade.
Vijay Paul while speaking on the occasion informed the audience about the role of Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India in Export (ECGC) and how can exporters avail their schemes and procedure of their insurance.
Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad while speaking appraised the last 5 years decline in exports due to various reasons and the future roadmap for increasing the exports.
He also stressed the role of young entrepreneurs in the export sector and various benefits for earnings in foreign exchange and appreciated the role of DGFT& FIEO.
Rauf Ahmad Punjabi, Parveez Ahmad Bhat and Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) Srinagar representatives also shared their experiences.
The seminar was attended by Exporters, Entrepreneurs, students, and who asked several questions which were answered by the experts.