New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) has urged the government to strengthen India's testing, standards and certification infrastructure to help MSMEs leverage trade agreements and access global markets.

A FISME delegation led by President Rakesh Chhabra, accompanied by Rajendra Agrawal, Convenor, Friends of MSMEs in Parliament, and Secretary General Anil Bhardwaj, met Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on November 9 and submitted a memorandum outlining measures to address export compliance challenges.

FISME proposed implementation-oriented studies covering ten priority MSME export sectors for each major trading partner, including ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

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