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UP strengthening economic and trade ties with Japan.
Jun 08, 2022

Lucknow, June 7 (UNI) 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 held 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, Additional Chief Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Export Promotion (MSME), UP Dr Navneet Sehgal, OSD (States), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi C. Rajasekhar and Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC), UP Arvind Kumar.
 
Discussions were held during the meeting to explore the possibilities of bilateral trade between UP and Japan in areas like handicrafts, food, electronics, apparel, carpet, leather and One District One Product from India to Japan.
 
ACS MSME Navneet Sehgal discussed the manufacturing potential of UP 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 UP and Japan.
 
Indian ambassador to Japan Sanjay Verma appreciated and welcomed the initiative of the UP government in this regard and assured full cooperation to it in its efforts to organise state-centric webinars and virtual buyer-seller meet. He also assured to extend full cooperation to UP 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 Ground Breaking Ceremony @3.0, IIDC Arvind Kumar informed that the state government is determined to invite investments from different countries of the world to the state.
 
C. Rajasekhar stressed on the need to provide hand-holding support to MSMEs in their internationalisation journey and said that the Ministry of External Affairs would facilitate the UP government to promote exports through appropriate events like trade and investment based road shows and exhibitions.
 
    

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