States to rank districts on export competitiveness, says commerce ministry

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) will assist states and union territories to prepare an annual export ranking index of different districts to rank each district on its export competitiveness, the commerce ministry said on Monday.

The union government is currently working on 'developing districts as export hubs' to decentralise export promotion activity. In the past, export promotion was dealt by only the Centre, without any active mechanism involving the states or districts into the decision making process of promoting goods and services produced at the grassroots level.

“District as export hub initiative--the idea to create an institutional framework in