CIM launches DGFT’s trade facilitation mobile app

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal  launched the DGFT’s trade facilitation mobile app on Monday. He stated that the app will be a state-of-the-art system that will help improve the efficiency of both importers and exporters by providing real-time trade policy updates, notifications, applications, status alerts and real-time data.

The app will also enable exporters and importers to explore item wise exim (export-import) data, policy, and statistics. It will also provide artificial intelligence-based 24×7 assistance and all services of DGFT.

The CIM further opined that mobile governance will enable the creation of quality-conscious and cross competitive domestic industry, thereby contributing significantly to the export target of US$ 1 trillion by 2025.

The Minister further suggested that the Directorate General of Foreign Trade should be rechristened to “something more facilitative, something more collaborative” and we should move away from the phrase ‘director general’.