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Date: 28/03/2024

India’s engineering exports boosted by FTAs

India’s engineering goods exports this fiscal have benefitted from the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with UAE and Australia and the change in direction of trade flows brought about by the geopolitical realignments. While engineering exports to the UAE rose 16% year-on-year to $5.22 billion in the current fiscal till February, shipments to Australia increased 5% to $1.30 billion during this period. Besides, while Russia has become a major trading partner in the last two years largely due to imports of petroleum crude, engineering exports to the country also doubled during April-February this year to $1.2 billion as compared to the same period last year. 
 
The US, however, remains the biggest market for the sector, though shipments declined 7% to $15.9 billion. Engineering exports to China witnessed a marginal decline in FY24 till February at $2.38 billion, as per a report.
 
Source: Exim News Service: New Delhi, March 27