Divisions
Foreign Trade (South Asia)
Functions of the Division
DESK-I

I. All territorial matters relating to India’s Trade with

  • Bangladesh
  • Nepal
  • Bhutan

II. All issues relating to India’s cooperation in economic matters with countries of the South Asian Region (SAARC) and Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
III. Coordination and other Miscellaneous issues.
IV Parliament matters concerning the countries being dealt

DESK-II

V. All territorial matters relating to India’s Trade with

  • Afghanistan
  • Maldives
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Iran

VI. Parliament matters and other misc. matters concerning the countries being dealt.
VII. Other important matters.

Officers in the Division
First Appellate Authority
Sh. Vipul Bansal | Joint Secretary
  • Room No : 443, Vanijya Bhawan, 16-A Akbar Road, New Delhi
  • Tel : 23039430
  • Intercom : 9430
  • Email : vipul[dot]bansal[at]nic[dot]in
Sh. Alok Dwivedi | Joint DGFT & CPIO
  • Room No : 304, Vanijya Bhawan, 16-A Akbar Road, New Delhi
  • Tel : 23039552
  • Intercom : 9552
  • Email : alok[dot]dwivedi21[at]nic[dot]in
Ms. Nidhi Pandey | Under Secretary
  • Desk : 1010, 1st floor, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
  • Tel : 23039852
  • Intercom : 652
  • Email : pandey[dot]n13[at]nic[dot]in
Sh. Ram Niwas | Deputy Director
  • Room No: 427, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
  • Tel : 23061974
  • Intercom: 652
  • Email : ramniwas.dgsnd@nic.in
Ms. Aanchal Garg | ASO
  • Room No : S-3036, 3rd Floor, Vanijya Bhawan
  • Tel : 23039943
  • Intercom : 9943
  • Email : aanchal[dot]garg[dot]04[at]gov[dot]in
Sh. Rakesh Kumar | ASO
  • Room No : S-3034, 3rd Floor, Vanijya Bhawan
  • Tel : 23039943
  • Intercom : 3778/9943
  • Email : Rakesh[dot]bedi[at]gov[dot]in
Bilateral Trade Statistic
S.No. Countries 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017
Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal. Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal. Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal. Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal. Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal. Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal. Exports Imports Total Trade Trd.Bal.
1 AFGHANISTAN 437.05 452.81 889.85 -15.76 554.47 510.93 1,065.40 43.54 825.78 509.49 1,335.27 316.29 997.58 529.84 1,527.42 467.74 715.44 435.44 1,150.89 280 709.75 433.78 1,143.53 275.97 506.34 292.9 799.24 213.44
2 BANGLADESH 12203.96 2021.24 14225.17 10182.68 16,156.43 1,977.93 18,134.36 14,178.51 9,691.71 1,091.66 10,783.37 8,600.05 8,200.85 1,264.74 9,465.60 6,936.11 9,210.32 1,044.80 10,255.12 8,165.52 8,614.52 685.65 9,300.17 7,928.87 6,820.13 701.68 7,521.82 6,118.45
3 BHUTAN 1070.37 535.61 1605.17 534.76 885.81 545.04 1,430.84 340.77 701.02 433 1,134.02 268.02 738.6 405.73 1,144.33 332.87 657.33 370.96 1,028.29 286.37 546.12 377.99 924.11 168.13 509.28 307.82 817.1 201.46
4 MALDIVES 476.75 496.62 973.37 -19.87 670.4 68.93 739.33 601.47 195.88 24.49 220.36 171.39 226.57 6 232.57 220.58 223.02 20.41 243.43 202.61 217 5.68 222.68 211.33 197.79 9.17 206.97 188.62
5 NEPAL 8015.99 839.62 8855.61 7176.37 9,645.75 1,371.04 11,016.79 8,274.70 6,838.46 673.16 7,511.62 6,165.31 7,160.35 711.61 7,871.95 6,448.74 7,766.20 508.14 8,274.34 7,258.06 6,612.96 438.38 7,051.34 6,174.57 5,453.59 445.13 5,898.72 5,008.46
6 PAKISTAN 627.1 20.11 647.21 606.99 513.85 2.54 516.38 511.31 326.87 2.39 329.26 324.48 816.64 13.97 830.6 802.67 2,066.63 494.87 2,561.50 1,571.76 1,924.31 488.56 2,412.87 1,435.75 1,821.88 454.49 2,276.37 1,367.40
7  SRI LANKA 5111.59 1078.14 6189.73 4033.45 5,802.18 1,009.99 6,812.17 4,792.20 3,498.30 642.94 4,141.25 2,855.36 3,800.91 903.69 4,704.61 2,897.22 4,710.21 1,488.67 6,198.88 3,221.54 4,476.46 772.63 5,249.09 3,703.83 3,913.15 602.2 4,515.36 3,310.95
Total of South Asia 27942.81 5444.15 33386.96 22498.66 34,228.89 5,486.39 39,715.28 28,742.50 22,078.02 3,377.12 25,455.14 18,700.90 21,941.51 3,835.58 25,777.09 18,105.93 25,349.15 4,363.29 29,712.44 20,985.86 23,101.11 3,202.66 26,303.78 19,898.45 19,222.18 2,813.40 22,035.58 16,408.77
8 IRAN 1659.12 672.12 2331.24 987.01 1,451.16 463.38 1,914.54 987.78 1,774.80 331.48 2,106.28 1,443.32 3,373.69 1,397.33 4,771.02 1,976.35 3,511.04 13,525.64 17,036.68 -10,014.60 2,652.39 11,111.52 13,763.91 -8,459.14 2,379.62 10,506.51 12,886.12 -8,126.89
Total of South Asia and Iran 29601.93 6116.27 35718.2 23485.66 35,680.05 5,949.77 41,629.82 29,730.28 23,852.82 3,708.60 27,561.42 20,144.22 25,315.20 5,232.91 30,548.11 20,082.28 28,860.19 17,888.93 46,749.12 10,971.26 25,753.50 14,314.18 40,067.69 11,439.31 21,601.80 13,319.91 34,921.70 8,281.88
   % Share in India’s total 6.55 0.77 7.32 8.5 1.0 4.0 8.2 0.9 4.0 8.1 1.1 3.9 8.7 3.5 5.5 8.5 3.1 5.2 7.8 3.5 5.3
 India’s total 450958.43 714042.45 1165000.88 -263084.02 422,004.40 613,052.05 1,035,056.45 -191,047.65 291,808.48 394,435.88 686,244.36 -102,627.40 313,361.04 474,709.28 788,070.32 -161,348.24 330,078.09 514,078.42 844,156.51 -184,000.33 303,526.16 465,580.99 769,107.15 -162,054.83 275,852.43 384,357.03 660,209.46 -108,504.60