The share/ contributions of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the export of the country are as follows:

Sl. No.	Year	MSME Export (US$ Million)	Share of MSME in India’s Total Export
1.	2011-12	1,31,483	43%
2.	2012-13	1,28,162	43%
3.	2013-14	1,33,364	42%

Government has been implementing various schemes/ programmes to increase the exports of MSME sector. Some of these schemes/ programmes include National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP); Credit Guarantee Scheme; Credit Linked Capital subsidy Scheme; Cluster Development Programme; Market Development Assistance Scheme and Vendor Development Programme for Ancillarisation.

The exporters including MSMEs can either avail the facility of duty free raw materials under Advance Authorisation Scheme or Duty Free Import Authorisation Scheme or alternatively may get back duty suffered/ paid by them under Duty Drawback Scheme. The systems are online and time bound.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Duty-free import authorisations and duty drawback enable MSME exporters to obtain input relief and recover duties under online time-bound procedures. Export facilitation for MSMEs comprises access to duty-free inputs under the Advance Authorisation Scheme or the Duty Free Import Authorisation, or recovery of duties through the Duty Drawback Scheme; administrative processes for these instruments are maintained online and operated on a time-bound basis.