Odisha Export Performance Recods 53% growth in 201304 over previous year

By B.Maharana

21 Jan , Bhubaneswar

The State Level Empowered Committee headed by Chief Secretary Gokul Chandra Pati Wednesday approved 2 new projects with estimated investment of around Rs.101 cr under Assistance to States for Developing Export Infrastructure & Allied Activities (ASIDE) scheme as Odisha’s export performance registered a record growth of 53 percent during 2013-14 over previous year.

The projects getting the nod of the Government are Apparel Park at Kurki in Khordha district with project outlay of Rs. 274 lakhs, and
establishment of multimodal logistic park at Jahrsuguda with project outlay of Rs.9838 lakhs.. According to MS&ME ,Panchanan Das , Odisha has beaten global slowdown in mineral market by boosting up its export in non-mineral sectors like marine, electronics, software and metallurgical products.

Export performance of Odisha has followed an upward trend over last five years with various Governmental assistance and support. The total
export in the year 2009-10 was around 12,600 cr which slowed down slightly to 12,245 cr during 2012-13 because of global slowdown
particularly in mineral and steel sectors. However, the export performance registered a record high of Rs.18,780 crore in 2013-14, he
said.

Because of supporting export policy of the State, 62% the total export during 2013-14 has come from metallurgical, marine , electronics and
software.he said and added that the increase in non-mineral sectors has filled up the gap created by global slowdown in mineral sector.

During 2013-14, the export in metallurgical products have been to the tune of Rs7,677 cr , export in marine products have been Rs1699 cr
and export in electronics & software have been boosted up to Rs2,300 cr. The export performance in engineering chemical and allied sectors
have been Rs 3531 cr, The export in service sector like tourism has also added Rs10 cr to the total export performance , he said.
Stating that State has taken up 29 infrastructure development projects for supporting export activities. Das said that out of these 19
projects have already been completed and 10 are in various stages of implementation.

These ongoing projects include establishment of 132 KV line with 132/33kv substation for Daitari Iron ore Project, Construction of an
ITES/BPO Tower in Bhubaneswar, Development of Auto Park at Mania village in Cuttack district, Info valley project for Infocity-II SEZ,
setting up common pre-processing center at Dhamara fishing harbor, improvement of approach road to Balaramgadi fishing center, Chandipur
in Balasore district, creation of IT incubation center in the Infocity IT/ITES SEZ, Chandaka, establishment of World Trade Center at
Bhubaneswar, establishment of Allumiium Park at Angul and establishment of incubation center with allied facilities in ITES SEZ
( Knowledge park ) at Goudakasipur in Khurda district. Chief Secretary has directed the implementing agencies to expedite the process of
implementation. Time lines with mile stones of the work have been set for each project. Reviewing the ongoing projects and export performance, Chief Secretary Pati directed to expedite implementation of export supporting infrastructure development projects sanctioned. At present,
10 such schemes are under various stages of implementation in the State.