• NITI Aayog in association with Institute for Competitiveness, released the third edition of the report titled ‘Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2022’ for States/UTs of India.
• The overview of the four pillars in the index is –
  • Policy Pillar evaluates states and UTs’ performance based on its adoption of export-related policy ecosystem at a state and district level as well as the institutional framework surrounding the ecosystem.
  • Business Ecosystem assesses the prevailing business environment in a state/UT, along with the extent of business-supportive infrastructure, and a state/UTs’ transport connectivity.
  • Export Ecosystem focuses on the export-related infrastructure in a state along with the trade support provided to the exporters, and the prevalence of Research and Development in the state to foster innovation.
  • Export Performance is an output-based indicator which gauges the growth of a state’s export over the previous year and analyses its export concentration and footprint on the global markets.
• States are classified as: coastal, landlocked, Himalayan, and UTs/small states.

MAJOR FINDINGS

• Most ‘Coastal States’ performed well, with Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka being top-performers.
• Haryana, Uttarakhand and Goa topped under landlocked, Himalayan, and UTs/small states categories respectively.
• Over 99% districts are covered under ‘One District One Product’ scheme.
• Ten commodities (engineering goods, petroleum products etc) accounting for nearly 80% of India’s total exports.
• Among export districts, Jamnagar in Gujarat topped the chart which was followed by Surat and Mumbai Suburban.
• 100 districts in the country are responsible for nearly 87 percent of the country’s export.
• 49% of India’s exports go to only ten destinations.