Ghaziabad is situated in the north western part of Uttar Pradesh, with its headquarters in Ghaziabad city. It lies in the National Capital Region of Delhi and is part of Meerut division. The district shares its border with the National Capital Territory of Delhi and is therefore also known as the Gateway of UP.

Ghaziabad is situated in the middle of Ganga-Yamuna doab, with the river Hindon passing through it. District is well connected via roadways, railways, and airways. Three national highways, multiple state highways and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway pass through the district. This allows Ghaziabad to have unhindered access to entire nation. The district administration has four subdivisions and four tehsils. Ghaziabad district has one municipal corporation (Nagar Nigam), four municipal councils (Nagar Paalika Parishad) and four town area committees (Nagar Panchayat). Recent development works have led to the city being described by a survey as the second fastest growing city in the world after Beihei (China). The emergence of Ghaziabad as a metal cluster has been driven on account of the opportunitiesemerging from its proximity to Delhi. During the mid-1900s, oil engines and railway supplies were the key products manufactured from the district. The units in Ghaziabad have subsequently proliferated by continuously reinventing their product portfolio. Indeed, Ghaziabad today is a hub for several enterprises, manufacturing a wide range of metal products such as wires, auto components, sugar mill machines, weigh scales etc. Further, the overall industrial scenario in Ghaziabad reveals a presence of several units engaged in other sectors too, such as garments, food processing and plastics. “Ghaziabad’s Engineering Goods” has been selected as ODOP product under One District One Product (ODOP), a flagship initiative of GoUP. The product diversity of the Engineering Goods segment is significant & It comprises of products covering more than 50 NIC codes .

Ghaziabad is situated 214 Mts. above sea level. It is situated between 770 to 780, Eastern Longitude and 280 to 290 North latitudes. The boundaries of Ghaziabad are in Meerut and Baghpat in the north, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Bulandshahr in the south, Hapur in the east and cross Yamuna river in the west and meet the boundaries of Delhi region and Haryana. The size of this district is rectangular with boundaries almost equal in north-south and east-west. The district covers an area of 1034 km squire.

The district is situated at north western plain of the Upper Gangetic Plains, the city has two major divisions separated by the Hindon river, namely Trans-Hindon on the west and Cis-Hindon on the east. The terrain of Ghaziabad is vast level plain with Hindon as largest river in the district. Major Source of Irrigation is the Ganga Canal. Average rain fall of the district is 780 mm/year.

As given in the following table, MSME industries across the sectors of food/agro-based industries, repair & servicing, other manufacturing, wood, metal, apparel, paper, electrical and other transport, chemical, leather and engineering are key economy drivers in the district.

Engineering goods, Electrical machinery and transport equipment and Germs & Ready-made garments & embroidery contribute most in terms of employment and revenue, Engineering goods is contributed approximately 45% (FY2016) in district output. Engineering goods-based industry in the district is the most prominent sector of the district contributing most to the economy by being the largest employer and being at the top in terms of investments as well. It is followed by electrical machinery and Readymade Garments respectively. Out of total population of 46,81,645 (2011 census), 15,20,538 are working population. Out of total working population, 18% are cultivators and agricultural labourers. This indicates that agriculture is the main source of income in the district.

In comparison with annual exports in last five years, the export of major products from Ghaziabad had decreased by approx. 15% due to surge of global pandemic. The total export from Ghaziabad for the period from September 2020 to November 2021 is approximately INR 14,065 Crore . The following table depicts the value of export of major products from Ghaziabad during period Apr 2020-Mar 2021:

The Engineering Goods cluster comprise of manufacturers of various kinds of engineering products, scrap units and marketing channels. The forging units, wire drawing units, foundry units, rerolling mills form the primary conversion level and supply goods to the secondary conversion units.

The Engineering Goods cluster comprise of manufacturers of various kinds of engineering products, scrap units and marketing channels. The forging units, wire drawing units, foundry units, rerolling mills form the primary conversion level and supply goods to the secondary conversion units. Machine tool units are part of both the primary conversion and secondary conversion units. The output from the machine tool industry is used as an input in both the primary conversion and secondary conversion units. Additionally, output from both the primary conversion and secondary conversion units are consumed by the machine tool units. The goods are either marketed directly to end users or are sold through traders/ exporters. Lastly, all the engineering good players have metal scraps as additional output which are sold to scrap aggregators. These units collect the scrap metal and melt them for reuse. “Ghaziabad’s Engineering Goods” is selected as ODOP product from the district under One District One Product Programme of GoUP. The cluster has 7300 units of engineering goods (Refer to Table 1) employing over 82,000 people with turnover of 28,500 Crores. In the year 2019.

The engineering goods of Ghaziabad cover variety of products, they are mentioned as below: 1. Bright bars of other types 2. Auto parts 3. Sugar Milling Machinery Parts 4. Piston & Rings 5. Brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, for tractors 6. Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more person 7. Angles, shapes, and sections of stainless steel 8. Bars and rods of stainless steel, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn, or only hot-extruded

The fame of unique handicrafts, aromatic agricultural products and natural goods from Uttar Pradesh has crossed borders, for 27 items have been GI tagged to the state, in a bid to preserve and promote their uniqueness. When marked on a map, the items on this list cover the length and breadth of UP in a manner that truly reflects its artistic legacy and agricultural ingenuity. Ghaziabad District does not have any GI tag Product.;

Following are principal Industry Associations/SPVs that are working for the development of engineering goods in Ghaziabad:
► Indian Industry Association (IIA)
► SAHIBABAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
► Northern India Textile Research Association
► PHD Chamber of commerce & Industry
► Laghu Udyog Bharti ;

HS codes under which the product is exported from the district:

HS codes under which the product is exported from the district:;
Current Scenario The export scenario of India and Uttar Pradesh have been analysed basis the export statistics of HS code – 72221119 (Bright Bars of Other Types) mentioned above under which engineering products are exported. Alongside are the key facts pertaining to the analysed product codes.

► The total exports of engineering goods products from Ghaziabad district were approx. INR 18,490 Crores in year 2020-21. There are more than 100 HSN Codes which may be used for Exports of engineering goods but here analysis of one prominent HSN code (722211) has been done.
► The exports of engineering goods utilising HS code 722211 (Bars and rods of stainless steel, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn, or only hot-extruded) was 449 Crores during Sep 2020-Nov 2021.
► Other prominent products exported from Ghaziabad District are boneless meat of bovine animals, frozen and other edible offal of bovine animals’ frozen meat.
► The cluster has tremendous export potential, but owing to lack of proper market assessment mechanism, changing design patterns, specific demand preferences the export is very less.
► Hence, it was pointed out that the proper study of the foreign market, region specific demand patterns to be ascertained. Along with that, a common platform to be created where there can be an integration between the exporters and importers, thereby making the export ecosystem robust and effective. Product 722211: Uttar Pradesh exports this product to Germany, UAE, Italy, USA, Turkey, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Mexico, Poland, and France. Below figure shows the top importers for this product (722211) in the world:

Product Diversification is one of the most crucial product uplifting strategies which in turn is an important part of a product’s export. This plays a vital role in any products exports as it is a product uplifting strategy. Most of the MSMEs are not bothered about changing their product range and they fail to understand that it is an integral part of comprehensive marketing. Diversification can be brought in the cluster by: 1. Development of a new products: During the product diversification new product line i.e. machinery parts, aviation, automobile components, home decorative or infratructural tools and foundation can be developed and promoted. Additionally, the cluster can also create a new product range with light weight engineering equipments/ machines which can be attached to wooden doors, frames and walls for various needs of industries and household. 2. Modifications of Existing Products It has also been found that most of the MSMEs use no strategy for making modifications to the existing products in the light of design and blending of new materials. Most of the engineering goods products are heavy and not conversive. The cluster needs to innovatively use other material/s to suit the needs of product diversification with less intervention.

“Textile & Home Furnishing Goods” is one of the leading manufacturing and exported product category from Ghaziabad. Textile and home furnishing goods hold a prominent place in the Indian economy. This sector is known for its consistency in high export earnings, and it is among the top ten foreign exchange earners for the country.

“Textile & Home Furnishing Goods” is one of the leading manufacturing and exported product category from Ghaziabad. Textile and home furnishing goods hold a prominent place in the Indian economy. This sector is known for its consistency in high export earnings, and it is among the top ten foreign exchange earners for the country. Being a part of NCR and adjacent to Baghpat & Hapur districts, famous for textile and home furnishing industries, there are many home furnishing and textile units in Ghaziabad. Bed sheet, curtains, T-shirts, readymade garments are manufactured and exported from the district. The major exporters from the cluster are LUX industry & Amko export house. Textile & Home Furnishing industry is second largest industry in Ghaziabad district. Rituraj Textile & General Industries Pvt. Ltd., Anaya Textiles, Century Textiles & Industries Limited, Aneja Textile Industries are some of the leading manufacturers of Ghaziabad. The annual turnover of the cluster of Textile and home furnishing in 2020-21 was around INR 12,000 Cr and export was 4,230Cr. The total employment in the cluster is around 50000.13

This sector comprises of yarn manufacturing to factories transforming these yarns to various textile products such as curtains, bedsheet, pillow covers and other home décor items. Apart from the quality of raw material, the process of its conversion into clothes and, later, of the design, product development and process of product’s manufacturing play a key role in value addition. High quality material with best design gets good price in the market and the products manufactured in Ghaziabad have persistent quality and known market for this product in country.

Raw material supplier The primary raw materials required in the Cluster are yarn, Chemicals, sewing threads, Zippers, pasting Gum, etc. which are essentially procured from within and outside the Cluster. Majority of raw materials are procured from outside of the cluster mainly from Delhi, Tirupur, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu. As per stakeholder discussion, some of the units are importing raw materials from other countries due to cheaper rates.
Unit owners & Workers There are more 120 units involved in Textile and home furnishing products. Majority of the units located in Trionica city, Kavi nagar and other established industrial area. More than 5000 workers working in these units and are residing in Ghaziabad, Delhi, Noida Baghpat, Hapur and nearby areas of Ghaziabad. Machinery Supplier Most of the machineries required in the textile and home furnishing products industry are imported from Italy, Germany, and other countries. Now a days most of the machinery are automated and they do not require any manual interventions. Due to automation products are in persistent in quality and output is high as compare to old machines. They are more energy efficient and low power consuming. The servicing of the machineries is done locally, and the engineers/mechanics are available for servicing of these machines.

Following are principal industry associations that are working for the development of textile and home furnishing products:;

► Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA): It is one of the prime textile research institutes in the country. The textile industry and Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India jointly established NITRA in 1974 for conducting applied scientific research and providing support services to Indian textile industry. The organization is situated in a 50-acre land at NCR Ghaziabad, near national capital New Delhi. Major services provided by NITRA are: i. Training ii. Testing iii. Research and development iv. Consultancy v. Advocacy/Marketing support
► MSME- Development Institute (MSME- DI), Okhla: MSME-DIs are the subordinate offices of Development Commissioner, MSME. These offices are responsible for assisting MSMEs financially through schemes and improving their technical skills through skill upgradation / training programmes.
► Indian Industries Association, Ghaziabad (IIA)
► Laghu Udyog Bharti, Ghaziabad

HS code under which the product is exported from the district.

HS code under which the product is exported from the district.;
Current Scenario The export scenario of India and Uttar Pradesh have been analysed basis the export statistics of HS codes 610910. Alongside are the key facts pertaining to the analysed product code.

► In the cluster exported the value of INR 4,230 Cr under “Textile and home furnishing” product. Out of which, the cluster exported approx. 70 Cr utilising HS codes – 610910 and 621430.
► Under HS code – 610910, India's exports represent 5.01% of world exports for this product, ranking it number 7, behind China, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Turkey and USA. The value of India’s exports has gradually decreased by CAGR 4.64% in the past 5 years.
► Other prominent products exported from District are Boneless meat of bovine animals and other edible offal of bovine animals.
Product 610910: India exported this product to USA, UAE, France, Germany, UK, Nigeria, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Spain & Netherlands etc. Below figure shows the top importers for this product (610910) in the world:

Product Diversification – The Industry may focus on export of high-end value products i.e., technical textile, organic textile and zero hazardous chemical base textile i.e., textile with natural chemicals without using any harming dying agent.

Ghaziabad district is well known for its processed meat cluster. The export of processed meat from Ghaziabad holds a prominent place in the Indian economy. There are four legal slaughterhouses in the district employing around 15,000 workers. The four slaughterhouses in Ghaziabad’s area deal in buffalo meat, which is primarily exported to Gulf countries.

Ghaziabad district is well known for its processed meat cluster. The export of processed meat from Ghaziabad holds a prominent place in the Indian economy. There are four legal slaughterhouses in the district employing around 15,000 workers. The four slaughterhouses in Ghaziabad’s area deal in buffalo meat, which is primarily exported to Gulf countries.
The four integrated slaughterhouses and meat processing units in Ghaziabad have a sanctioned capacity of 2,258 livestock (buffaloes) and 200 goats per day. Apart from this, the district also has presence of five food (meat) processing export units, duly approved by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), with a total sanctioned capacity of 527 metric tonnes per day . Some of major names include Mr VI Saleem CEO, M/s Amroon Foods Pvt Ltd., Mr. Mohammad Atif Jt. Managing Director M/s. Al- Nafees Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd., Haji Shahid Ali Qureshi Director M/s Eagle Continental Foods Pvt. Ltd and Mr. Shakir Hussain Qureshi Director M/s Al Nasir Exports Private Ltd etc. These units contribute for major export of processed meat from the district. The cluster’s annual turnover in 2020-21 was around INR 5450 Cr and the export value was 3860 Cr.

1. Boneless Meat of Bovine Animals 2. Other Edible Offal of Bovine Animals

► Chilled Boneless Buffalo Meat
► Chilled Boneless Buffalo Offal
► Frozen Boneless Buffalo Meat
► Frozen Boneless Buffalo Offal ;

Raw material supplier The primary raw material suppliers are farmers who supply the disease-free animals to the slaughterhouse.
Unit owners & Workers There are 4 slaughterhouses involved in processing and export of meat. More than 15,000 workers are working in these units and are residing in Ghaziabad, GB Nagar, Meerut, Hapur and nearby areas of Ghaziabad. Machinery Supplier Most of the units are having modern abattoir cum meat processing plant with most of segments are fully automated.

Following are principal industry associations that are working for the development of processed meat industry:;

► National Food Laboratory (Food Research and Standardization Laboratory (FRSL)), Ahinsa Khand-II, Indirapuram Ghaziabad - FSSAI Notified Referral Laboratory under section 43 (2) of FSS Act, 2006
► MSME-Development Institute (MSME-DI), Okhla: MSME-DIs are the subordinate offices of Development Commissioner, MSME. These offices are responsible for assisting MSMEs financially through schemes and improving their technical skills through skill upgradation / training programmes.
► Indian Industries Association, Ghaziabad (IIA)

HS codes under which the product is exported from the district

HS codes under which the product is exported from the district;
Current Scenario The export scenario of World and India have been analysed basis the export statistics of HS codes 020230 & 020629 under which meat is exported. Alongside are the key facts pertaining to the analysed product code.

► The total exports of boneless meat from the district as per HS code 020230 & 020629 is around INR 4637 crores from September 2020 to November 2021.
► India's exports represent 11% of world exports for this product, its ranking in world exports is 3 under HS code 020230 and 4 under HS Code 020629.
► Other prominent product exported from Ghaziabad District is Home furnishing. Product 020230: India exported this product to Hongkong, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, UAE etc. Below figure shows the top importers for this product are:

The Electronic & Electrical Goods cluster comprises of manufacturers of various kinds of electronic products, such as coils, transformer, inductions, wound component, switched-mode power supply (SMPS), Solar battery and inverter, etc. marketing channels and their scrap units. Raw material like Copper is often used for its excellent conductivity and malleability (the ability to be shaped and mashed). Nickel, chromium, aluminium, lead, silver and tin are also used. These metals go into components such as resistors, capacitors, and transducers. Machinery tool units are part of both the primary conversion and secondary conversion units. The output from the machinery tool industry is used as an input in both the primary conversion and secondary conversion units. Additionally, output from both the primary conversion and secondary conversion units are consumed by the assembling or final product conversion units. These goods are either marketed directly to end users or are sold through traders/ exporters. Cluster of electronic and electrical goods employ 5,000 people in the district with the export of 16 Cr. Cluster has the turnover of 55 Cr.in the year 2019-20 .

Listed below are different kinds of Electronic & Electrical Goods manufactured in the region: 1. Electrical Coils 2. Various kind of Transformer 3. Inductions Motor & Coil 4. Switched-mode power supply (SMPS) 5. Solar battery and inverter

Following are principal Industry Associations/SPVs that are working for the development of Electronic & electric goods in Ghaziabad:
► Indian Industry Association (IIA)
► PHD Chamber of commerce & Industry
► Laghu Udyog Bharti ;

Major HS codes under which the product is exported from the district

Current Scenario The export scenario of India and Uttar Pradesh have been analysed basis the export statistics of HS code mentioned above under which electronic products are exported. Alongside are the key facts pertaining to the analysed product codes. ;

► There are various HSN Codes which may be used for Exports of electronic goods but here, the analysis of one prominent HSN code (850433) has been done.
► Other prominent products exported from Gautam Buddha Nagar District are readymade garments, engineering goods, meat and basmati rice.
► The cluster has tremendous export potential, but owing to lack of proper market assessment mechanism, changing design patterns, specific demand preferences the export is very less.
► Hence, it was pointed out that the proper study of the foreign market, region specific demand patterns to be ascertained. Along with that, a common platform to be created where there can be an integration between the exporters and importers, thereby making the export ecosystem robust and effective. Product 850433: Uttar Pradesh exports this product to USA, Kenya, Thailand, Turkey, France, Spain, Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, and Bangladesh. Below figure shows the top importers for this product (850433) in the world from India:

Product Diversification is one of the most crucial product uplifting strategies which in turn is an important part of a product’s export. This plays a vital role in any products exports as it is a product uplifting strategy. Most of the MSMEs are not bothered about changing their product range and they fail to understand that it is an integral part of comprehensive marketing. Diversification can be brought in the cluster by: Modifications of Existing Products; It has also been found that most of the MSMEs use no strategy for making modifications to the existing products in the light of design and blending of new materials. Most of the electronic goods products are heady and not conversive. It needs to be more change with other material which suits to them with less intervention. The demand for smart light & equipment are growing globally. They are exploring the new age demand and cater them as a market leader.