BRIEF OF THE SCHEME ( EXPORT MARKET PROMOTION )

Coir Board is implementing the Central Sector Scheme of Export Market Promotion with a view to improve the export performance of Indian Coir Sector through various export market promotion activities such as sponsoring delegations, participation in seminars and conferences, organising participation in international fairs, undertaking generic publicity abroad, extending financial assistance to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Exporters, presenting Coir Industry Awards on an annual basis to recognize the outstanding performance in the areas of export, domestic trade, R&D, functioning of units & societies etc. The programmes are implemented in accordance with the approved Export Market Promotion Guidelines. The activities under the Export Market Promotion Scheme comprises of six sub-schemes as below:

  1. Delegation, Consultancy & Information Sourcing
  2. Participation in seminars and conferences
  3. Participation in international fairs/buyer seller meets
  4. Publicity abroad
  5. External Market Development Assistance (EMDA) Scheme
  6. Coir Industry Awards