Minister of state for commerce Anupriya Patel on Tuesday said the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) will be an important region for India with an export target of $46 billion in meeting the global export target of $400 billion in the current fiscal year.

       “ASEAN, with over 15 per cent share in India’s global engineering shipment, is likely to be a key region to focus with a target of around $ 16 billion of exports for 2021-22,” the Patel said at the India-ASEAN Engineering Partnership Summit organized by EEPC India.

       India’s engineering exports during April-July was $35.3 billion and is expected to achieve the target set for fiscal 2021-22 at $ 105 billion.