15/01/2022
TOP 25 Takeaways in Exports & Imports Industry During COVID
Exports and imports Business Plays a Very Vital Role in any country supplying the Essentials to Luxury products to the world, No matter the Status of the country.
But over the last 2 years, these are my Observations:
1. Startups Company who have No business has Shut down their business ( Because of High Maintenance Costs of Monthly Fillings ) , Sorry for them.
2. Exporters Have Started to Seek Neighbouring Countries as their Target Market.
3. High Ocean Freights Which is Discouraging Many Exporters to Ship to Far Countries.
4. Availability of the Containers like as Pre - Covid is not seen.
5. Entrepreneurs have Started their E-Comm Trade Globally.
6. Running their Business from Home has become a new normal Globally.
7. Working Capital Of Exports has Increased by 20 - 40%.
8. Exporters are Looking at a Shorter Payment Cycle and More Business.
9. New Trends of Finance Accessibility ( Post - Shipment Finances ) has a Good Edge to Increase the trade and Supporting MSME Enterprises.
10. No Much Documentation Pressure, Almost all Documents in Exports can be done ONLINE.
11. Access to New Market, New Business, New Buyers is a Click Away Provided you are aware of them!
12. OLD Exporters Are Retrieving the Funds that are Locked.
13. Same Market, New Faces, and New Bussiness has come up to Face the New Ways of working in the Market.
14. Technology has Played a Good role in Product Quality Checks ( AI-powered )
15. Many New B2B Portals have Come up in the Market to Grab the Potentials.
16. These COVID has made all the Industry to go DIGITAL
17. The Markets are Turning around and Looking for New Products with Innovation.
18. Eco-Friendly Products like Jute Bags OR so, Have a Good Demand in the Coming Future.
19. Technology is Molding Both the Government Organization and Exim Organization to follow the system rather than people.
20. I am happy that the " JUGAAD " System is going to Vanish and Ethical System is Taking Charge.
21. False / Fake Business around the globe are Automatically Out of business during this Covid, Failing to Convince.
22. Entrepreneurs have started to Seek Direct Businesses instead of Agent businesses.
23. FSSAI has Taken the Strict Decisions to Help Food Industries Comply FSSAI Laws in the market ( Both for local and imported Goods )
24. Many Businesses Have Started their Offshore Office to Enable global Business.
25. Exporters Have Also Started Looking at Importing goods into the Country in order stabilize both Local and Global Markets.
These are My 25 Takeaways on What's Happening in the Exports & Imports Industry. ( Many more are left, Probably will add in the future posts )
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Looking forward to your thoughts on this thread.
Cheers
Santhosh Raghavan