New Delhi: Exports from the Special Economic
Zones are likely to grow by 15 percent in the current fiscal
over 2008-09, a senior government official on Thursday said.
In the previous fiscal, exports from the SEZs was Rs
99,689 crore.
"In 2009-10, exports from SEZ are likely to increase by
about 15 percent over the last fiscal...We are confident that
exports growth will be there (despite the slowdown)," DK
Mittal, Additional Secretary in Commerce Ministry, told
reporters here.
He said the shipments were at Rs 1,01,264 crore in the
first half of the current fiscal itself. "We have robust
growth from the SEZs," Mittal added.
Exports from Reliance Industries' Jamnagar refinery is
likely to contribute substantially to the total shipments this
fiscal, another official said.
As per the industry experts, gems and jewellery,
textiles, engineering and telecommunications SEZs were the
major contributors to the exports.
As on September 30 this year, 578 SEZs have got formal
approval, 147 'in-principle' approval, and 340 have been
notified. Of this, 101 are functional. The total investments
in SEZs were at Rs 1,29,985.52 crore till September.
The total employment in the tax free enclaves as on
September 30, was 4,18,129 people.
Bureau Report