Recently, NITI Aayog has released the 3rd edition of Export Preparedness Index (EPI) for States/UTs of India for the year 2022.  EPI is a comprehensive tool which measures the export preparedness of the States and UTs in India.

The report discusses India’s export performance amid the prevailing global trade context in FY22, followed by an overview of the country’s sector-specific export performance.

• Tamil Nadu has toppled Gujarat as the top exporting state of India at the Export Preparedness Index 2022 with Gujarat at number four behind Maharashtra and Karnataka.
• Gujarat had been the top performing state in the first two editions of the index.
• The report, prepared by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Institute for Competitiveness, suggests timely intervention to remove export preparedness disparities among states to ensure sustainable export growth as India aims to achieve export .