Overview
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled the TIA portal in New Delhi on November 18 and urged higher utilisation of free trade agreements.
- The platform integrates sources such as UN Comtrade with macroeconomic indicators, delivering over 270 analytics across more than 28 dashboards.
- Automated APIs support seamless downloads of country and commodity data and generate monthly trade and surge reports traditionally compiled manually.
- Users can track trends in PLI-linked sectors and critical minerals while accessing market intelligence on export opportunities and competitor activity.
- Goyal described services trade data as a "black box" and floated extending duty concessions across FTA partners to spur competition and benefit consumers.