{"id":23830,"date":"2026-06-30T01:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=23830"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:17:39","slug":"jk-must-diversify-export-basket-to-meet-2030-target-cm-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/jk-must-diversify-export-basket-to-meet-2030-target-cm-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"J&K must diversify export basket to meet 2030 target: CM Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says 98% exports originate from four districts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitches for dry port, inclusion of SHGs, artisans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Jun 29: Stating that, Jammu and Kashmir must create a new generation of exporters and diversify its export basket to achieve the Union Government\u2019s target of doubling exports by 2030, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the government will focus on making exports easier, expanding global market access and ensuring export growth reaches every district of the Union Territory.<\/p>\n

According to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) CM Omar addressed the inaugural session of the J&K International Buyer-Seller Meet organised by the J&K Trade Promotion Organisation (JKTPO) at SKICC here.<\/p>\n

, CM Omar, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said, \u201cAs the Government of India has set a target of doubling exports by 2030, we have only four years to achieve it. While we have to support those who are already exporting, we also need to create exporters out of people who are not exporting today and whose markets are presently confined to Jammu and Kashmir or, at best, some parts of the country. Our effort is to make exporting easier for them,\u201d the CM said.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister said Jammu and Kashmir has historically been an exporter, though not through conventional export channels.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditionally, particularly in Kashmir, our buyers came to us. They came in the shape of tourists, bought our products and carried them back to different parts of the world. In every sense, those purchases were exports. We rarely relied on organised buyer-seller meets or handicraft fairs because buyers automatically came to Kashmir. Many lifelong relationships between artisans and buyers were built that way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He, also said prolonged disturbances and the decline in tourism forced artisans to completely change their business model. \u201cWhen dark clouds emerged and tourism almost dried up, our artisans had to innovate. They packed their products, travelled across the country and the world and rebuilt the linkages that had once come naturally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CM Omar said buyer-seller meets were initiated during his tenure in the Union Commerce Ministry to reconnect Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s producers with domestic and international buyers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was in the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Government of India, we started organising buyer-seller meets in Jammu and Srinagar to build relationships between buyers, manufacturers and artisans. This event is another step in that direction,” he said.<\/p>\n

Highlighting this year\u2019s event, the Chief Minister said, they have gone one step further this time. \u201cEarlier these buyer-seller meets were largely confined to traditional handicraft exporters. Now we have opened the doors for self-help groups, particularly women from far-flung rural areas, giving them direct access to international buyers and new business opportunities\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister said Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s exports continue to remain concentrated in only a few districts. \u201cNearly 98 per cent of our exports come from Kathua, Samba, Jammu and Srinagar. The remaining districts account for only two per cent. The challenge before us is how to increase the number of exporters and spread exports across every region of Jammu and Kashmir,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Welcoming more than 30 foreign buyers from around 14 to 15 countries, the CM said the gathering offers an opportunity to understand international market demand. \u201cIt gives us an opportunity to understand what global buyers are looking for and tailor our products accordingly. We have to create products that buyers simply cannot refuse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the introduction of the \u201cKnow Your Artisan\u201d initiative would help international buyers connect with the people behind Jammu and Kashmir’s renowned handicrafts.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister also stressed the need for establishing a dry port in Jammu and Kashmir to simplify export procedures and ensure exports originating from the Union Territory are officially credited to J&K.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urgently need a dry port. Our goods are exported from here but are stamped elsewhere, because of which exports are credited to another state. There is a difference between the export figures maintained by the Government of India and those of the J&K Government because our products are processed outside the Union Territory,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Says 98% exports originate from four districts Pitches for dry port, inclusion of SHGs, artisans Srinagar, Jun 29: Stating that, Jammu and Kashmir must create a new generation of exporters and diversify its export basket to achieve the Union Government\u2019s target of doubling exports by 2030, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the government […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23832,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23830\/revisions\/23832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}