India signs pact with China to boost handicraft exports

New Delhi: India and China have signed a memorandum of understanding for promotion of exports of Indian handicrafts.

A high-level delegation led by Zohra Chatterji, Secretary, Textiles, visited China for increasing handicraft trade and brand image promotion of Indian handicrafts and textiles in the Chinese market.

An MoU was signed between the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) to explore the possibilities of enhancing handicrafts from India to important markets of China.

The MoU will focus on promotion of exports of products such as ethnic and contemporary furniture, wooden handicrafts including furniture from Jodhpur and Saharanpur, imitation jewellery and fashion jewellery and art metalware from Moradabad.

India will also organise the first exclusive exhibition of Indian handicrafts in China.

Further exchange of techniques, craft exchange programmes and Reverse Buyer Seller Meets will also be organised by both the countries.

The delegation also held meetings with Shanghai Textile Association, Shanghai Textile Trade Association, Shanghai Import & Export Chamber and Shanghai Mart.