Bhubaneswar, July 22 (UNI) Odisha’s export turnover has more than doubled during the last five financial years, MSME minister Pratap Keshari Deb told the state assembly on Fri- day. Replying to an unstarred question of BJD legislator Dhruba Charan Sahoo, the minister said the total export turnover from Odisha was Rs 52,677.09 crore in the financial year 2017-18, which was increased to Rs 1,27,197.66 crore during 2021-22.
Barring the financial year 2018-19, the export from the state recorded positive growth with each passing year, he said. The total export from the state stood at Rs 48,119.60 crore in 2018-19, which was increased by 7.53 percent to Rs 51,742.32 crore in 2019-20 and again by 55.42 percent in 2020-21 to Rs 80,419.33 crore. Further, the export turnover from Odisha witnessed a growth of 58.17 percent during the last financial year. As per the reply, metallurgical, minerals, engineering/ chemical allied, marine and software products are the major contributors to the state’s export turnover.
