UP strengthening economic and trade relations with Japan

New Delhi: In a step towards strengthening the economic and trade relationship between Japan and Uttar Pradesh and considering the possible options for promoting exports from the state, a virtual conferencing was organised between the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Embassy of India in Japan on Tuesday.

The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of India to Japan Sanjay Verma, Navneet Sehgal, Additional Chief Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Export Promotion (MSME), Uttar Pradesh, C. Rajasekhar, OSD (State ), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and Arvind Kumar, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh.

The various aspects of devising a specific strategy for promoting exports. Discussions were held to explore the possibilities of bilateral trade between Uttar Pradesh and Japan in areas like handicrafts, food, electronics, apparel, carpet, leather, and ODOP products. from India to Japan were discussed during the meeting.

ACS Micro, Small and Medium Industries, Navneet Sehgal, discussed the manufacturing potential of Uttar Pradesh in all these sectors. He said that these sectors are in line with the market demand in Japan. The State Government was dedicated to promoting the bilateral trade between Uttar Pradesh and Japan.

Sanjay Verma, Indian ambassador to Japan appreciated and welcomed the initiative of the Uttar Pradesh government in this regard and assured full cooperation to the state government in its efforts to organize state-centric webinars, and virtual buyer-seller meet. He also assured to extend full cooperation to Uttar Pradesh in sending state delegations to Japan by the end of the year.

He suggested that the certification and quality norms should be strictly followed by our exporters while exporting to Japan.

Mentioning the recently organised groundbreaking ceremony 3.0 in Uttar Pradesh, Arvind Kumar, Commissioner, Infrastructure and Industrial Development, informed that the state government is determined to invite investments from different countries of the world to the state.

C. Rajasekhar stressed the need to provide hand-holding support to MSMEs in their internationalization journey and said that the Ministry of External Affairs would facilitate the Government of Uttar Pradesh to promote exports through appropriate events like trade and investment based road shows and exhibitions.

The meeting was also attended by the officers of the Export Promotion Bureau, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Export Promotion Council, and Exim Bank India.