Divisions
Foreign Trade (Oceania)
Functions of the Division

The FT(Oceania) Division deals with India’s bilateral trade relations with Australia, New Zealand, Timor-Liste and Pacific Islands countries (Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu etc.)

Officers in the Division
Sh. Tapan Mazumder | Additional Director General of Foreign Trade
  • Room No : 324, Vanijya Bhawan
  • Tel : 23039445
  • Email : tmazumder[at]nic[dot]in
  • Intercom : 9445
Shri Devesh Gupta | Director
  • Room No : 402, Vanijya Bhawan
  • Tel : 23039500
  • Email : devesh[dot]gupta79[at]nic[dot]in
  • Intercom : 9503
Sh. Akhilesh Kumar Mishra | Under Secretary
  • Room No : 4012,Vanijya Bhawan
  • Tel : 23039711
  • Email : ak[dot]mishra83[at]nic[dot]in
  • Intercom : 9711
Smt. Vani S. Kumar | Section Officer
  • Room No : 4126,Vanijya Bhawan
  • Tel : 23039903
  • Email : moc_oceania[at]nic[dot]in
  • Intercom : 9903
Bilateral Trade between India and Australia in the FY 21-22 (in US$ Billion)
Trade Goods* Services** Total
India’s Exports to Australia 8.3  4.2  12.5 
India’s Imports from Australia 16.8  1.8  18.6
Total 25.1  6.0 31.1
(Source – *DGCI&S, **RBI)
Bilateral Merchandise Trade with Oceania Countries
Value in US $ Million
  
2019-20 
2020-21 
2021-22 
Country 
Exports 
Imports 
Total 
Trade 
Trade 
Balance 
Exports 
Imports 
Total 
Trade 
Trade 
Balance 
Exports 
Imports 
Total 
Trade 
Trade 
Balance 
Australia 
2852.1 
9782.2 
12634.4 
-6930.1 
4043.9 
8247.3 
12291.2 
-4203.4 
8283.1 
16756.2 
25039.3 
-8473.0 
New 
Zealand 
378.6 
521.8 
900.4 
-143.3 
486.3 
381.5 
867.8 
104.7 
487.6 
374.8 
862.4 
112.8 
Papua 
New 
Guinea 
56.0 
55.7 
111.7 
0.3 
56.2 
125.9 
182.0 
-69.7 
70.0 
357.6 
427.5 
-287.6 
Fiji 
55.7 
0.6 
56.3 
55.1 
46.9 
1.3 
48.2 
45.6 
58.0 
0.5 
58.5 
57.5 
Timor 
Leste 
6.3 
0.0 
6.3 
6.3 
25.4 
0.0 
25.4 
25.3 
26.0 
0.0 
26.0 
26.0 
Samoa 
4.3 
3.0 
7.3 
1.3 
2.7 
0.5 
3.2 
2.3 
1.4 
0.4 
1.8 
1.0 
Vanuatu 
rep 
2.4 
0.3 
2.7 
2.2 
2.3 
0.0 
2.3 
2.2 
3.2 
 
3.2 
3.2 
Solomon 
Islands 
2.0 
39.0 
41.0 
-36.9 
1.7 
33.9 
35.5 
-32.2 
1.9 
25.9 
27.8 
-24.1 
Tonga 
0.7 
0.0 
0.7 
0.7 
0.9 
0.0 
0.9 
0.9 
1.3 
 
1.3 
1.3 
Kiribati 
0.4 
0.0 
0.4 
0.4 
0.7 
  
0.7 
0.7 
1.6 
0.0 
1.7 
1.6 
Nauru 
0.1 
0.1 
0.2 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
0.2 
0.1 
0.3 
23.3 
23.6 
-23.0 
Total of 
Oceania 
3358.6 
10402.6 
13761.2 
-7044.0  
4666.9 
8790.4 
13457.3 
-4123.6 
8934.4 
17538.7 
26473.1 
-8604.3
(Source – DGCI&S)
Institutional Mechanism:
A. AUSTRALIA

Institutional mechanism of engagement that exists between India and Australia are:

  • India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA)
  • India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC)
India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement:

On 02 April 2022, the Commerce and Industry Minister of India Sh. Piyush Goyal and the Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister of Australia Sh. Dan Tehan MP, signed the India- Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (“Ind-Aus ECTA”) in a virtual ceremony.

The Ind-Aus ECTA is a balanced and equitable trade agreement, which will further cement the already deep, close and strategic relations between the two countries and will significantly enhance the bilateral trade in goods and services, create new employment opportunities, raise living standards and improve the general welfare of the peoples of the two countries. Overall, this Agreement is likely to increase our exports from US$ 10.5 billion in 2021 to US$ 20 billion and likely to generate additional employment of 10 lakhs in next 5 years.

The details of the agreement are available in the DoC website at “https://commerce.gov.in/international-trade/trade-agreements/ind-aus-ecta/“.

India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission

A mechanism of Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) between India and Australia has been in place since 1989. The Commission is co-chaired by the Indian Minister of Commerce & Industry and Australian Minister of Trade. The mandate of JMC, inter-alia, includes consideration of measures to strengthen relations between the two countries in all areas, particularly in the fields of commercial, economic, scientific and technological cooperation; raise issues of major importance to the relationship and discuss approaches to significant issues of common concern; indicate priority areas for further cooperation; examine the working of the various bilateral agreements in force between the two countries and of arrangement embodied in the Memoranda of Understanding etc.

The 17th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) Meeting was held in New Delhi, India on 30th September, 2021. The Session was co-chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister of India Sh. Piyush Goyal and the Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister of Australia Sh. Dan Tehan MP. The Joint statement issued after the meeting is available in DoC website at “https://commerce.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Joint-Press-Statement-17th-India-Australia-Joint-Ministerial-Commission.pdf”.

B. NEW ZEALAND

Institutional mechanism of engagement that exists between India and New Zealand is:

India New Zealand Joint Trade Committee(JTC

India and New Zealand has earlier entered into a trade agreement in 1986 with an aim to discuss the contours of a broader India-New Zealand economic dialogue to sort out the issues pertaining to trade between the two countries. The institutional machinery for the purpose created was the Joint Trade Committee (JTC). JTC had its 9th meeting held in 2007. The 10th Meeting of the India-New Zealand Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was held in New Delhi on 24 June 2022. The meeting was co-chaired by Ms Rachna Shah, Additional Secretary, in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Mr Mark Sinclair, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand.

Mandatory disclosures under RTI Act
Name and address of CPIO
Shri Devesh Gupta | Director
  • Room No : 402, Vanijya Bhawan New Delhi-110011
Name and address of Appellate Authority
Shri Tapan Mazumder | Additional Director General of Foreign Trade
  • Room No : 324, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi-110011