Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills

7.3.2.Promotional Measures of Exim Policy 2004-2009

The Government of India has set up several institutions whose main functions are to help an exporter in his work.  It would be advisable for an exporter to acquaint him with these institutions and the nature of help that they can provide so that he can initially contact them and have a clear picture of what help he can expect of the organized sources in his export effort.  Some of these institutions are as follows.

- Export Promotion Councils

- Commodity Boards

- Marine Products Export Development authority

- Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

- India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)

- National Centre for Trade Information (NCTI)

- Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC)

- Export-Import Bank

- Export Inspection Council

- Indian Council of Arbitration

- Federation of Indian Export Organizations

- Department of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics

- Directorate General of Shipping

- Freight Investigation Bureau