E-platform for exporters in 2-3 months: DGFT

The commerce ministry has started work on an online platform that will facilitate aspiring exporters through guidance and hand- holding in all aspects of trade and it will be made operational in the next three months, Director General of Foreign Trade Santosh Kumar Sarangi said on Thursday.

The Trade Connect e-Platform will provide tutorials on how to start exporting by providing information of products in demand, markets which where the demand for their products is, buyer events relevant to them and paperwork required to register as a exporter.