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Training Programme on Export Procedure & Documentation at Kanpur
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Chairman, FIEO(NR) Dr. R.K. Dhawan, (centre) addressing the participants. On his right is Mr. Irshad Mirza, FIEO Managing Committee Member of FIEO; and on his left is Mr. R.G. Bagla, President, Merchants’ Chamber of U.P. |
FIEO, in association with Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Merchants Chamber of Uttar Pradesh organized a four-day training programme on Export Marketing & Documentation to encourage young entrepreneurs enter the export business and to upgrade the knowledge base of working export executives in the Kanpur region. The first ever programme of this kind was conducted in the Chamber’s premises at Kanpur from 19th to 22nd January 2007. The programme was unique for being conducted in Hindi medium unlike majority of such programmes which are organized in the country in English.
While inaugurating the programme, FIEO Managing Committee Member Mr. Irshad Mirza observed that Kanpur had great export potential in leather shoes, saddlery and other leather accessories besides plastic items and light automotive components, but the actual exports so far had been much below the potential. He also informed that against the grant of Rs. 290 lac by the central government for the development of leather sector in Kanpur, only Rs. 25 lac was likely to be spent during the current fiscal.
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The programme in progress. |
Citing a study conducted by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry which has found direct correlation between country’s export and employment generation, Mr Mirza, who is also the Chairman of Mirza International Ltd, said that Indian export industry was providing employment to over 10 million people against a turnover of100 bn dollars and was on way to generate additional employment for 5 million people by reaching a turnover of 150 bn dollars in near future. Mr. Mirza hoped that the knowledge of export procedures and documentation through the programme would help increase exports from Kanpur and employment in the area. Chamber’s President, Mr. R.G. Bagla also expressed hope that the programme supported by high-level professionals would be of great help to export managers and would help increase Kanpur’ s share in India’s exports. He felt that such programmes should be regularly organized to create awareness amongst budding exporters of this belt.
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The Northern Region Chairman of FIEO, Dr R K Dhawan while giving away Certificates to the participants, advised them to explore the possibility of beginning their export ventures with the help of relatives and friends staying aboard who could ensure payment. "Before executing order, you must ensure your payments," he advised. As the next step, he said, the new exporters should go abroad, visit departmental stores and meet their potential clients to secure regular export orders. |
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Dr. R. K. Dhawan presenting a certificate to one of the participants |
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3rd Programme on Export Management at Bhubaneswar At the inaugural function of the 3rd batch of FIEO’s ‘Certificate Programme in Export Management’ for the year 2006-07 held at Bhubaneswar on 3rd January this year, Mr. Tapan Chattopadhyay, Deputy Director General, FIEO (ER) expressed his happiness at the successful completion of the 2nd Batch. He informed that around 388 participants had benefited from the 2nd batch of the Programme and some of them had already found placements with corporate houses like Jindal, Bhusan, IBM, Omfed, Konark Aquatics, UTI, ICICI Bank, Abhisek Exporters etc. FIEO is organizing a series of such Certificate Programmes in Orissa in collaboration with Post Graduate Department of Commerce, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Mr. Niranjan Mohanty, Director, Magnum Apparel Pvt. Ltd on this occasion talked about the benefits of Apparel Park which is in the process of being set up in Orissa. He also spoke on how export of garments from the State of Orissa could be bolstered. Addressing the Valedictory Function of the 2nd Batch which was also organized on the day, Dr. Ranjan Kumar Bal, Professor, P G Department of Commerce, Utkal University highlighted the importance of such Programmes for the entrepreneurs of Orissa. His colleagues Professor R.K. Jena and Professor S. Moharana also explained how the Programmes benefited the cause of boosting exports from Orissa. |
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FIEO welcomes commissioning of dedicated freight corridors FIEO President Mr. Ganesh Kumar Gupta has welcomed the commissioning of dedicated freight corridors by railways. "These corridors, which are projected to cover a distance of about 7000 kms, will not only reduce the delivery period for export shipments but also reduce the logistic costs borne by the exporting community," said Mr. Gupta. Logistic cost is currently estimated at about 13% of the total cost of products exported. Citing a World Bank study report saying that each additional day in transport delay costs 0.5% of the cargo value for goods transported by ship or rail, the FIEO Chief added that a saving of ten days transportation time will result in the net benefit of 5% of cargo value to exporters. Railways is already working on two freight corridors - one running from Tughlakabad to Mumbai and another from Ludhiana, Punjab to Howrah. A major chunk of the containerized traffic moves through these routes. However, the ratio of containerized cargo to the total cargo is still as low as 47.3%, which is much below the international level in cargo movement. Assuming 8% growth in cargo traffic, containerized cargo to be handled in next ten years will increase to 20 million TEUs from the present level of 5 million TEUs. |
