Trade Connect ePlatform and Niryat Bandhu Trade Connect
A DGFT portal that links exporters, especially small and new ones, with Indian Missions abroad, export promotion councils and trade experts, alongside DGFT's Niryat Bandhu mentoring for new exporters.
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- Status
- Open
- Run by
- Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, with the Ministry of MSME, EXIM Bank, DFS and the Ministry of External Affairs
What you get
- Trade agreement information and a tariff explorer to check FTA benefits
- Country and product guides, a global e-commerce guide and a list of trade events worldwide
- Ask an Expert, to put questions to Indian Missions, export promotion councils, commodity boards and DGFT
- EXIM Paathshaala learning modules and courses for MSMEs in several languages
- Source from India listing for foreign buyers, and access to LabSetu for export testing
- Niryat Bandhu, DGFT's outreach scheme that gives new and small exporters guidance, mentoring and handholding, and the How to Export guide
- An online Certificate in Export Import Management from IIFT under Niryat Bandhu, with 20 modules
Who can apply
- Built for IEC holders, so get an IEC first (see the iec-dgft record)
- Anyone can take the IIFT online course
How to apply
- Register on trade.gov.in as a first time user
- Use the guides, tariff explorer and Ask an Expert
- For the IIFT course, sign up at niryatbandhu.iift.ac.in
Where we found this
- PIB, DGFT showcases Trade Connect ePlatform (external site) Official announcement
- PIB, Trade Connect ePlatform launch (external site) Official announcement
- DGFT Trade Connect user guide for exporters (external site) Official
- DGFT, How to Export, a practical guide (external site) Official
- IIFT Niryat Bandhu online course (external site) Official
- DGFT, Niryat Bandhu webinars and online course links (external site) Official
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