The government's target of USD 1 trillion export includes USD 250 billion from the engineering sector, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said here on Sunday.
The government has set a target to achieve USD 1 trillion export from India by 2030.
"India is known for leather, textile and traditional sectors but engineering sector in India which includes automobiles, equipment etc is almost close to 25 per cent of the total exports. Tomorrow when India is looking at USD 1 trillion of exports, USD 250 billion of exports we are expecting from the engineering industry," Barthwal said.
He was addressing a conference of construction equipment manufacturers.
"This is the ambition that we have taken which is based on ground reality. It is based on the fact that how the middle class is growing, the government focus on infrastructure development within the country, focus on development of ports, airports, railway modernization, broadening of roads," Barthwal said.
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