The document summarizes India's Foreign Trade Policy for 2015-2020. The key goals are to provide a stable policy environment for foreign trade, support other government initiatives like Make in India, increase India's global competitiveness, reduce trade imbalances, and increase demand and contributions from India's exports. The policy introduces export promotion schemes like the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme and Services Exports from India Scheme to boost exports. It also covers duty exemption schemes, the Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme, Special Economic Zones, and addressing quality complaints and trade disputes to facilitate foreign trade and promote exports.

1. India’s Foreign Trade Policy
2015-2020
Present by –
Mr. Sushant Katare

2. About FTP
• Overall development of country’s
foreign tradee.
• Economic growth and development of
nation
• Increase double percentage share of
global merchandise and employment
generation.

3. INDRODUCATION
• Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
introduce FTP (2015-20) Merchandise Exports
from India Scheme (MEIS) and Services
Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) to boost
outward shipments
• FTP is made product wise and location wise
and tried to maximize the foreign trade from
the country.

4. GOALS and OBJECTIVES
• provide a stable and sustainable policy
environment for foreign trade
• other initiatives such as ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital
India’ and ‘Skills India’
• to gain global competitiveness
• increasing the demand for India’s products and
contribution
• To reduce the trade imbalance

5. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND
TRADE FACILITATION
• LEGAL FRAMEWORK –
Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act 1992.
• TRADE FACILITATION -

6. GENERAL PROVISIONS
REGARDING IMPORTS AND
EXPORTS
• Importer-Exporter Code / e-IEC
• Prohibitions
• Import / Export Through State
Trading Enterprises

7. • Trade with neighboring Countries
• Import Policy for Metallic Waste and
Scraps
• Other Provisions Related to Imports
• Export Promotion Councils

8. EXPORTS FROM INDIA
SCHEMES
• Merchandise Exports from India
Scheme (MEIS)
• Service Exports from India Scheme
(SEIS)
• Common Provisions for Exports from
India Schemes (MEIS and SEIS)

9. DUTY EXEMPTION / REMISSION
SCHEMES
• Duty Exemption Schemes.
• Duty Remission Scheme.

10. EXPORT PROMOTION CAPITAL
GOODS (EPCG) SCHEME
 to facilitate import of capital goods for
producing quality goods and services
to enhance India’s export
competitiveness.
 EPCG Scheme allows import of capital
goods for pre-production, production
and post-production at Zero customs
duty.

11. EOU, EHTP, STP & BTP
 Objectives of these schemes are to
promote exports, enhance foreign
exchange earnings, attract
investment for export production
and employment generation.

12. QUALITY COMPLAINTS AND
TRADE DISPUTES
 Exporters need to project a good
image of the country abroad to
promote exports. Maintaining an
enduring relationship with foreign
buyers is of utmost importance, and
complaints or trade disputes,
whenever they arise, need to be
settled amicably as soon as possible.

13. Conclusion