Amazon signs MOU with Karnataka government to boost e-commerce exports

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Feb 1, 2021

Amazon India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Karnataka to help boost e-commerce exports from the state.
 

With this partnership, Amazon will train and onboard sellers from Karnataka on the ‘Amazon Global Selling’ programme and help them sell their products to Amazon customers across the globe.
 
Commenting on the partnership, Abhijit Kamra, director of global trade at Amazon India, in a statement said: “This partnership with the Government of Karnataka is a step towards elevating lakhs of MSMEs from across the state to a global level. The Amazon Global Selling programme has enabled more than 70,000 Indian exporters to cross $2 billion in cumulative exports, which showcases crores of Made in India products.

“The programme, which had hit cumulative exports of $1 billion in 2019, saw a 100 percent increase in the next 18 months to cross the $2 billion milestone. We remain committed towards making exports easy for Indian businesses and empower them to tap into their true potential, thus contributing to the vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” he added.
 
As part of the programme, Amazon will conduct training, webinars and on-boarding workshops for exporters from key MSME clusters like Ballari, Mysuru, Channapatna, and other districts.

The workshops will focus on sharing knowledge and imparting training to sellers about business-to-consumers e-commerce exports and selling worldwide through Amazon's international marketplaces.