Monday, March 7, 2011

Performance of SEZs

In addition to seven Central Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 12 State/Private Sector SEZs set up prior to the enactment of SEZ Act, 2005, formal approval has been accorded to 582 proposals out of which 374 SEZs have been notified. A total of 130 SEZs have commenced export. Statements containing state-wise and sector-wise distribution of SEZs are enclosed.

As on 31st December, 2010, an investment of Rs. 1,95,348 crore has been made in SEZs and the total direct employment in SEZs is 6,44,073 persons. The total physical Exports of Rs. 2,20,711 crore approximately have been made from SEZs during the year 2009-10 registering a growth of about 121.40% over the exports for the previous financial year. A statement showing sector-wise distribution of exports for the financial year 2009-10 is also enclosed. Exports from SEZs have been 26.10% of the total exports of the country during the said financial year. The total physical exports from SEZs as on 31st December, 2010 i.e. in the first three quarters of the current financial year, has been to the tune of Rs. 2,23,132 crore approximately registering a growth of 46.7% over the exports of corresponding period of the previous financial year. Total land area of notified SEZs is 44,414 hectares. SEZ being set up under the SEZ Act, 2005 are primarily private investment driven. The fiscal concessions and duty benefits allowed to SEZs are in built into the SEZ Act, 2005.

The Approval Committees under the Development Commissioners constituted for each Zone, which comprise representatives from Customs, Income-tax, State Governments etc. have been directed to monitor the performance of the SEZ Units. This includes scrutiny of Annual Performance Report (APR), Quarterly Performance Report (QPR) and details of rent recovery. Failure to meet the requirements of the scheme or any violation attracts action under Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992.

On a request received from the developer, Board of Approval considers the request of extension of formal approval beyond the period of initial three years on case to case basis.

Citing global economic slowdown as the main reason, the requests for de-notification have been received from the developers. The Board of Approval has allowed 23 such requests in respect of SEZs located in various states and Union Territories. However, the final denotification is allowed only on receipt of certificate from the respective Development Commissioner that the Developer has refunded the duties/benefits, if any, availed by him.

State-wise distribution of approved Special Economic Zones

State

Formal Approval

Notified SEZs

Operational SEZs (Central Govt. + State Govt./Pvt. SEZs + notified SEZs under the Act, 2005)

Andhra Pradesh

109

74

32

Chandigarh

2

2

1

Chhattisgarh

2

1

0

Delhi

3

0

0

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

3

1

0

Goa

7

3

0

Gujarat

45

29

13

Haryana

45

34

3

Himachal Pradesh

0

0

0

Jharkhand

1

1

0

Karnataka

57

36

20

Kerala

28

17

7

Madhya Pradesh

15

6

1

Maharashtra

104

63

16

Nagaland

2

1

0

Orissa

11

6

1

Puducherry

1

0

0

Punjab

8

2

0

Rajasthan

10

8

3

Tamil Nadu

71

57

22

Uttar Pradesh

33

20

6

Uttarakhand

3

2

0

West Bengal

22

11

5

GRAND TOTAL

582

374

130

Sector-wise Distribution of approved Special Economic Zones


Sectors

Formal approvals

Notified SEZs

Operational SEZs (Central Govt. + State Govt./Pvt. SEZs + notified SEZs under the Act, 2005)


Agro

6

4

0


Airport based multiproduct

3

0

0


Auto and related

3

1

1


Aviation/Aerospace/ Animation & Gaming/ Copper

3

2

2


Beach & mineral/ metals

2

2

0


Bio-tech

33

18

2


Building prod./mal./ transport equt.

1

1

2


Electronic prod/ind

3

3

1


Engineering

21

16

7


Footwear/Leather

7

5

2


Food Processing

5

4

2


FTWZ

11

6

0


Gems and Jewellery

13

6

3


Handicrafts & Carpets

4

2

2


IT/ITES/Electronic Hardware/Semiconductor

353

233

75



Metal/Stain. Steel/Alum/Foundry

9

5

0


Metallurgical Engineering

1

0

0


Multi-Product

23

15

16


Multi-Services/Services

16

8

0


Non-Conventional Energy

5

4

2


Plastic processing

0

0

0


Petrochemicals & petro.

4

2

0


Pharma/chemicals

23

20

5


Port-based multi-product

8

2

2


Power/alternate energy/ solar

3

1

1


Textiles/Apparel/Wool

19

12

5


Writing and printing paper mills

2

1

0


Strategic Manufacturing

0

0

0


Granite processing Industries and other allied machinery/ manufacturing

1

1

0


GRAND TOTAL

582

374

130


Sector-wise Exports during the financial year 2009-10

( In Rs. Crore)

Sl. No.

Sector

2009-10

1

Multi Product SEZs

144971.77

2

IT/ITES

52995.16

3

Pharmaceuticals

1505.74

4

Engineering

4165.45

5

Gem and Jewellery

14984.41

6

Handicraft

41.77

7

Auto and related items

226.07

8

Apparel/Textiles/Wool

625.36

9

Footwear and Leather Products

253.05

10

Food Processing

2.16

11

Biotechnology

456.48

12

Port Based

0.48

13

Animation & Gaming

0.45

14

Aluminium & Aluminium related Industries

8.78

15

Non-conventional Energy

450.03

16

Transport equipment

24.15

Total

220711.31

This information was given by Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

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