Department of Commerce survey on utilisation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)-reg.

HEPC/EP/Policy/2014-15

March 31, 2015

To all Members/Associations

Sub: Department of Commerce survey on utilisation of Free Trade Agreements

(FTAs)-reg.

Sir/Madam,

We have been informed by Department of Commerce, Government of India that they are seeking feedback from exporters on utilisation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) through a survey. The task has been assigned to Centre for WTO Studies. A detailed enterprise-level survey will be carried-out to gauge experiences, benefits, constraints and challenges experienced/perceived with respect to Indias FTAs (ASEAN particularly Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore, Japan and South Korea).

We request Member Exporters to kindly fill in the enclosed questionnaire, which is also available at https://wtocentre.iift.ac.in/ and send it directly to Dr.Murali Kallummal (muralik@iift.ac.in, muralikallummal@gmail.com) and Mr.Pankaj Agrawal (pankaj_agrawal05@yahoo.com) before April 18, 2015. Kindly also provide contact details (name, number, email, etc.) of focal points of your firm.

Enclosure to circular-FTA Survey Questionnaire

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

R.Anand,

Executive Director