Export Awareness
Drive by Jammu Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization Reached District Pulwama
Pulwama, November
15, 2022: The export
Awareness Drive by Jammu Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization reached District
Pulwama today. Jammu and
Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) under the aegis of Department of
Industries and Commerce organized the export awareness workshop for potential
exporters of district in association with Directorate General of Foreign Trade
(DGFT), APEDA and various other agencies working in the field of Exports. JKTPO
is reaching out at District Level to promote exports and aware the
entrepreneurs regarding its benefits. This is the fifth district level workshop
in a row after Kistwar, Udhampur, Kathua and Anantnag. These workshops are
specially curated in view of demands and requirement of particular district
with focus on odop products under District
as export hub scheme/ODOP Initiative.
The Experts from JKTPO , Directorate General
of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority
(APEDA), Spice Board of India,
Sports Goods Export
Promotion Council of India,
State Bank of India (SBI) and FIEO(Federation of Indian Export Organizations)
briefed the participants from various
sectors like Agriculture, Horticulture, Handloom & Handicraft, MSMEs on the benefits and various requirements,
documentation, IEC registration and market identification for exports to international market.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Mr Abdul Aziz
Sheikh in his inaugural address stressed on importance of exports and
highlighted the potential of unique products of Pulwama.
Mr. A.K. Bhushan, Deputy DGFT,
J&K, briefed the audience on DGFT's functions in global trade. During
his talk, he explained in detail the methods and types of documents required
for IEC regsitration. He explained about various Government
of India Export-related schemes like MEIS.
Mr. Aditya Kumar, AGM
(Regional Treasury Marketing Unit), State Bank of India, Delhi, gave the participants information on Credit Facilities, Hedging
Benefits, and Customer Trading on the FX- Retail Platform. He described the different competitive lending products that SBI offers
to exporters.
Ms. Sehreen Maqbool, Business
Development Manager, APEDA, Kashmir, who focused on bringing the local agriculture and related goods of Pulwama to
a global market. Saffron, Apple and its derivatives,
and other regional goods from a district that has significant export potential
and are currently in high demand on the global market
were given special attention.
Earlier, the team of
Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) welcomed and briefed the
audience about the mandate and various trade and export promotion initiatives
undertaken by Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization. JKTPO regularly
organizes and participates in various activities like Buyer-Seller Meets, Trade
Fairs, Exhibitions, Conferences, Seminars, etc. at the National and
International levels for registered members & women entrepreneurs. For
participation in these events, Startup Exporter/ Entrepreneurs/FPOs/ other
Sellers can register themselves on JKTPO’s website - www.jktpo.in .
Others present were Mr. Ashutosh, Scientist Spice Board of India,
Mr. Tarun Dewaan, Executive Director Sports Goods Export Promotion Council of India, Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Assistant
Director, and other top officials from DIC Pulwama's Horticulture and Handicraft & Handloom
department.
District officers of different
departments like horticulture , agriculture, Industries , DLEPC members and More than 170 potential exporters and
entrepreneurs from District Pulwama attended the workshop. The participants were allowed to interact with experts, and there was an open and frank brainstorming session related to various aspects of
Saffron forward market Linkage, Packing and export promotion. The participants also requested JKTPO to
organize Geographical identification (GI) awareness champs in Pulwama. The workshop received a very warm response from local farmers and entrepreneurs.