EEPC India remains “cautiously optimistic” for the engineering exports growth in the current fiscal, even though the shipment registered a 7.3 per cent year-on-year increase in May, amounting to $9.98 billion, an official said on Friday.
“We remain cautiously optimistic with the upturn in shipments which reflects improvement in the demand scenario in key markets. The global economic outlook is expected to improve in the ongoing fiscal and exporting community remains optimistic,” EEPC India chairman Arun Kr Garodia said.
Softening price pressure and easing of interest rates in major advanced economies is set to spur demand, he said.
Garodia also pointed out that several Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are under negotiation and these could be finalised within the fiscal year, potentially providing a significant impetus to the sector.
Amid both near and medium-term outlooks remaining positive, exporters are facing the challenge of high ocean freight rates on some key routes.
