印度政府宣布执行特殊计划以促进服饰出口

Indian govt announces special scheme to boost apparel exports

The Government of India has announced a new scheme called Special Focus Market Scheme (SFMS) to keep the growth momentum in the foreign trade and to boost apparel exports.

Releasing the annual supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said the Government would provide four percent duty credit to exporters under the new SFMS.

The objective of SFMS is to increase the competitiveness of Indian exports to 41 countries, including 12 from Latin America, 22 from Africa and seven from CIS countries. Shipments to these countries will also be eligible for additional 1 percent duty credit besides 3 percent already being given, taking the total duty credit available to 4 percent.

For the apparel sector, SFMS includes all the items covered under chapters 61 and 62 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted). The duty credit would be available to exports made during April 01, 2011 to March 31, 2012 at 2 percent of FOB value of exports.

This scheme is in addition to the 2 percent interest subvention on rupee credit to exporters of handlooms, handicrafts and carpets, already announced by the RBI on October 11. It is expected to cost the exchequer around Rs. 8-9 billion.

These benefits together are likely to help the exporters bear the slump in major traditional markets like the US and Europe and will cost the exchequer Rs. 17 billion.

Mr. Anand Sharma also said that the Indian Government will soon sign a broad trade and investment pact with the European Union. He revealed that the Government is negotiating similar pacts with several countries across different continents to boost trade.

India’s exports have risen by 52.1 percent to US$160 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal and the Central Government hopes to achieve the target of US$ 300 billion for the current fiscal.

译文如下：

印度政府宣布了一个特别焦点市场计划（SFMS），以此来保持外贸的增长势头并促进服饰出口。
在发布年度外贸政策补充条款2009-14的同时，工商业部长安纳德•夏尔玛说政府在新的SFMS计划下，愿意向出口商提供4%的关税减免。
SFMS的目标是提高印度出口41个国家的竞争力，包括拉美的12个国家，非洲的22个国家以及7个独联体国家。对于这些国家的货运在原有的3%关税扣除后另外再享受1%的关税津贴，总额达到4%的关税扣除。
对于服饰部门，SFMS包含了所有美国海关关税编码（服饰、服装配件，针织或钩织物条款）的第61和62章。在2011年4月1日到2012年3月31日出口的货物均可享受FOB价格后的2%的关税津贴。
手工织物、手工艺品和地毯的外贸商在原先享受2%的卢比利息津贴后可再享受该计划的优惠政策。预计财政部将为该计划花费80-90亿卢比。
在诸如美国、欧洲这些传统的大型市场衰退的情况下，这些优惠同时也可能为在这些市场出口的商家提供帮助。预计财政部会拨款170亿卢比。
安纳德•夏尔玛还说印度政府很快会与欧盟签署一个广泛的贸易和投资合作协议。他透露政府正在来自不同大洲的几个国家商谈相似的协议，以期促进贸易发展。
在当前的财政情况下印度在上半年出口上升了52.1%至1,600亿美元而中央政府的目标是希望能达到3,000亿美元。