International Trade Policy
Consulting Services
CII Market Facilitation Services
Launched in 2019, CII’s Market Facilitation Services (MFS) is a fee-based, bespoke market research and consulting service that undertakes company- and product-specific research on export markets and investment destinations, for both outbound and inbound companies.
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The consulting services offered by the MFS desk include the following:
1. Assessment of Export Markets:
With the objective of providing members incisive insights on the export potential of identified products at the 6-digit
HS Code level, these reports offer:
o Research on business intelligence and strategic analyses of global markets to highlight product-level export potential
o Ready-to-use quantitative and qualitative analyses for international business strategy formulation and expansion
2. Market and Sectoral Analyses
o Customised market research on countries and sectors to help globalising Indian companies assess new geographies and market segments
o Structured analyses to highlight growth potential and addressable market size for sectors and products,
sector-specific risks, and an understanding of competitive landscapes
3. Market Entry/Investment Advisory
o Advisory for companies looking at investing in global markets
o Comprehensive one-stop information on company incorporation, market segments, market trends, value chains, tax
and legal imperatives, etc., to facilitate go/no-go investment decisions
4. Cost of Doing Business (CoDB) Analysis
o Facilitate cost optimisation for enterprises by evaluating and benchmarking the operating costs of any business
with national-, sectoral- and peer-level averages
o Enhancing the competitiveness of enterprise spending in the manufacturing/export of a product or the provision of a service
All the above services also encompass identification of potential partners and buyers for the relevant products and services.
Further, early in 2023, the MFS desk started its India Advisory Services (IAS) that focusses on working with inbound investment, offering location advisory, customer identification, partner and buyer search and on-the-ground facilitation services at the Central and state government levels, to ensure a seamless and comprehensive roll-out of foreign companies’ India operations.
Over the last five years, the MFS desk has undertaken projects covering a gamut of sectors and geographies, including but not limited to the following:
- Defence sector investor targeting project for India
- F&B market entry advisory for Canada
- India market analysis project for EU-based logistics company
- Engineering goods market entry advisory for Ethiopia, the Philippines and Vietnam
- Competitor analysis for engineering company for Indonesia
- Potential JV partner search, deal origination activity project for engineering company
- F&B sectoral analysis for Egypt
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing sectoral analysis for Indonesia
- Assessment of export markets at HS6 level for engineering goods
Please contact Ms Bhavna Seth Ranjan at bhavna.ranjan@cii.in for further details on availing the services of the MFS desk.