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India achieves highest-ever monthly exports of $37 billion in December: Piyush Goyal

Written by  Jasleen Kaur -- January 03rd 2022 08:48 PM -- Updated: January 03rd 2022 08:55 PM
India achieves highest-ever monthly exports of $37 billion in December: Piyush Goyal

India achieves highest-ever monthly exports of $37 billion in December: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday said India had achieved its highest-ever monthly exports of $37 billion in December 2021, registering a jump of 37 per cent from figures of December 2020.

Piyush Goyal was addressing a press conference in Delhi. "India has achieved the highest ever monthly exports of $37 billion in December 2021, which is a 37% jump over figures of December 2020," he said while addressing the media.


Goyal said the country was on track to achieve an export target of $400 billion, adding that the top 10 major commodity groups constituting 80 per cent of exports had grown by 41 per cent over last December. "We are on track to achieve an export target of $400 billion. The top 10 major commodity groups constituting 80 per cent of exports have grown by 41 per cent over last December," said the minister. Also read | Jalandhar’s chess champion takes to Twitter, vents anger against Pargat Singh on sports policy
He said Uttar Pradesh was one of the best performing states in terms of the 'One District, One Product' scheme. "It is expected that UP exports will rise to 2 lakh crore in the current financial year," he added. The ODOP scheme by the UP Government focuses on boosting the economy of the state by encouraging indigenous and specialised products of various districts. Also read| South Korea confirms first 2 deaths linked to Omicron variant -PTC News

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