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Celebrating the resilience of MSMEs

With internet penetration and technology adoption, MSMEs have rebuilt and unlocked their true potential in the post-pandemic world to become the engines of development globally.

What is MSME day?

With over 63 million Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India, the industry contributes to nearly 50% of all the exports from India and over one-third of the Indian GDP. To build awareness of the contribution of small businesses to job creation, economic growth and thriving communities, the United Nations declared June 27th as the World Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Day.

• MSMEs account for 70% of employment worldwide¹.

• Indian MSMEs are rapidly adopting to digital payments with 72% payments done through the digital mode.

Government initiatives for MSMEs

Dedicated portal for MSME exporters

‘MSME Mart’ is an online B2B marketplace, which is exclusively meant for MSME exporters to boost export and as a one-stop digital solution to all business needs of exporters.

DGFT e-platform

DGFT e-platform has been implemented to ensure paperless and contactless processing of applications. The platform is designed to facilitate exporters through a secure and electronic certificate issuance process.

Entitlement of e-commerce in Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 (FTP)

In the FTP, the Government of India entitled exports of goods through courier or foreign post office using e-commerce for rewards under export incentives.

Opinion

Easing India's path to becoming a global export hub

In this co-authored opinion piece, Dr Harsha Vardhana Singh, Former Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization and Mr Jayanta Dasgupta, Former Indian Ambassador to World Trade Organization, discuss how MSMEs can accelerate India's exports, while continuing to be an employment intensive sector.

Read the full article here

Amazon Global Selling

Enabling MSMEs to export via e-commerce exports

Expert support in logistics

Warehousing, compliance, shipping, delivery and returns - Amazon Global Selling assists you in every step

More customers, more sales

By registering as an Amazon global seller, your products reach millions of customers across the world

Global reach

200+ countries and territories for sellers to expand to and reach millions of customers

$8 billion

On track to enable $8 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports by end of 2023

125,000+

Registered Indian exporters on Amazon Global Selling

1,200+

Indian exporters crossed $120,000 (INR 1 crore) in sales on Amazon Global Selling in 2022.

Get started with $50,000 in potential incentives.

Start exporting today

Seeing the growth in the number of exporters joining the Amazon Global Selling program and the growing demand for Made in India products across the world, we are scaling up our pledge to boost cumulative exports from India using e-commerce to $20 billion by 2025.
Amit AgarwalSenior Vice President, India and Emerging Markets, Amazon

Export from India with Amazon Global Selling in 3 steps

Step 1

Register

Create a seller account and choose the countries you want to export to. All you need to set up your account is your identity proof, business address proof and credit card.

Step 2

List

List your products on any or all of the 18 Amazon international marketplaces. You can list a few products or opt for bulk listing, as per your business goals. Once your products are listed, international customers can view and place orders.

Step 3

Ship

You can choose to ship your products by third-party services or let Amazon do it. With Fullfilment by Amazon (FBA), Amazon handles inventory, packaging, international shipping, delivery & returns.