A Note on the compilation of State of Origin-wise Export data
State-wise export figures are compiled on the basis of the state-of-origin code reported by the exporters in the shipping bills. The export figures compiled from the daily trade returns received from the Customs
are subjected to the limitations mentioned below:
(i) The figures are compiled solely as per the reporting of the exporters in the shipping bill. No validation is done at DGCI&S as there is no scope to judge the correctness of the reported state
of origin code.
(ii) There is provision for reporting the state of origin code only once in the shipping bill. Thus, in the shipping bills with multiple items originating from different states, there is no provision for
reporting the same. Hence, the items although originating from different states are attributed to only one state.
(iii) In a significant number of shipping bills the state of origin code is not reported.
(iv) DGCI&S has in the past interacted with various exporters in an attempt to check the validity of the state of origin code reported by them in the shipping bills. It has been found that Exporters
has a tendency to report the State to which they belong/ the State in which the port (through which the export has taken place) belongs/ the State from where they ‘procured’ the goods as
the state of origin for that particular goods instead of the actual origin of the goods. The problem is acute in case of non-manufacturing exporters (who are aware only about the place of
procurement and not of the place where the goods are produced).
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