Vijayawada, Sep 21 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said the state has witnessed consistent improvement in export performance from standing at 9th place in 2018-19 to 7th position in 2019-20 and to 4th position in 2020-21 in the country and increased its share from 14.1 billion dollars to 16.8 billion dollars.
The Chief Minister here on Tuesday launched a two-day 'Vanijya Utsav-2021' organised under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, laying a special focus on boosting the trade and exports in Andhra Pradesh.
Stating that said that the government is aiming to double the state contribution by 2030 which is currently at 5.8 percent, he recalled the decline in GSDP across the country from 6.3 percent in 2018-19 to -7.3 percent in 2020-21, he said that the state suffered GSDP contraction of only 2.58 percent in this fiscal.