On November 18, 2025, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, launched the Trade Intelligence & Analytics (TIA) Portal in New Delhi. Developed by the Department of Commerce, the TIA Portal is a one-stop analytics portal intended to enhance trade analytics and foster data-driven policymaking through a comprehensive and integrated platform. It consolidates diverse trade databases, both global (UN Comtrade) and bilateral, offering over 270 interactive visualizations across over 28 dashboards. The TIA Portal aims to provide new insights for importers, exporters, startups, and MSMEs, including smaller businesses in remote regions. It will help exporters utilize Free Trade Agreements (FTA). The portal features a Trade Watch Tower for commodity-level intelligence, a Champion Products identifier, and dedicated dashboards for Production Linked Incentive (PLI) commodities. There is also a Critical Minerals Dashboard for over 30 minerals. The TIA Portal will replace legacy trade information dissemination portals. Indices available include: the Trade Complementarity Index, the Revealed Comparative Advantage index, and the Trade Intensity Index. Shri Goyal invited stakeholders to bring their demands to the Ministry for resolution.
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Key Entities Referenced
Trade Intelligence and Analytics (TIA) Portal: A one-stop analytics portal initiated by the Department of Commerce to enhance trade analytics, foster data-driven policymaking, and improve accessibility of trade data.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry: The primary ministry responsible for the Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal initiative.
Piyush Goyal: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry who launched the Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal.
Department of Commerce: The department within the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that initiated and developed the Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal.
Free Trade Agreements: Agreements that the TIA Portal helps exporters utilize more effectively.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri
Piyush Goyal launches Trade Intelligence and
Analytics Portal
We have to be more transparent with trade data to help
stakeholders take best decisions: Shri Piyush Goyal
Trade Intelligence Portal will open up new insights for our
Importers, Exporters, StartUps and MSMEs: Shri Goyal
Smaller businesses in even remotest regions will get the
data that has so far remained accessible only to big
businesses: Shri Goyal
There is huge amount of opportunities in service sector
globally that will be now available to all: Shri Goyal
TIA Portal will help exporters better utilize the Free Trade
Agreements: Shri Goyal
Posted On: 18 NOV 2025 8:50PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal launched the Trade Intelligence &
Analytics (TIA) Portal today in New Delhi. The Minister said that business needs to be more
transparent with trade data to help stakeholders take the best decisions.
Shri Goyal stated that the Trade Intelligence Portal will open up new insights for importers, exporters,
startups, and MSMEs. He added that smaller businesses, even in the remotest regions, will now have
access to data that was previously available only to larger enterprises.
The Minister highlighted that there are huge opportunities in the global services sector that will now
be accessible to all. He also noted that the portal will help exporters better utilise the Free Trade
Agreements.The Minister said that unless exports contribute significantly to foreign exchange reserves, it will be
difficult to bring stability to forex rates, and without such stability, India will remain vulnerable to
foreign forces. He described the current world tariff situation as a wake-up call and urged that
government and the private sector must pool resources at this critical moment to avoid regretting a
lost opportunity.
Shri Goyal invited stakeholders to bring their demands and assured that the Ministry will make every
effort to address them. If an issue concerns the Department itself, it will be resolved quickly; if it
concerns other departments, Commerce will actively coordinate and work towards a solution. He
urged stakeholders to be more demanding so that necessary improvements can be accelerated.
Shri Goyal said the Ministry of Commerce has put in significant effort to develop this platform. He
said the portal has the potential to support trade diversification, expand India’s trade basket to newer
areas and newer products, and help recognise lost opportunities.
Recognizing the need for a robust intelligence and analytics framework to support evidence-based
policymaking and enable targeted sectoral interventions, the Department of Commerce initiated the
development of the Trade Intelligence & Analytics (TIA) Portal in March 2024. The Department felt
it necessary to expand these capabilities across all commodity and territorial divisions, Export
Promotion Councils (EPCs), and missions abroad in target countries.
In this context, the Department has developed a one-stop analytics Trade Intelligence & Analytics
(TIA) Portal, designed to enhance trade analytics and foster data-driven evidence-based policymaking
through a comprehensive and integrated platform. This one-stop solution caters to various
perspectives, including India, global, and bilateral trade, with multiple databases covering trade and
macro-economic indicators, providing trade insights crucial for informed decision-making. TIA Portal
serves as a centralized digital hub that consolidates diverse trade databases—both global (UN
Comtrade) and bilateral—into a single integrated system. Multiple existing analytics requirements
were designed and developed into automated analytical capabilities, which now offer depth and
breadth in understanding India’s bilateral trade dynamics as well as global trade flows between more
than 220 nations. Trade Watch Tower provides country and commodity-level intelligence through
specialized tools and visualisations that allow users to identify global as well as bilateral trends with
enhanced analytical capabilities for identifying market diversification opportunities.
The portal offers more than 270 interactive visualisations across over 28 dashboards. With the
phasing out of legacy trade information dissemination portals such as the Department of Commerce
Monitoring Dashboard, Niryat Portal and Tradestat Portal, the new and more exhaustive capabilities
of the TIA Portal significantly improve accessibility and usability of trade data at one place. Database
collation has been automated through APIs for convenient user access, and seamless data extraction
capability has been developed to extract and download commodity and country data. Automation has
also been undertaken for workflows such as the Monthly Trade Report (more than 300 pages) and
surge reports prepared in two versions based on trade alert data and final data (each more than 30
pages).
The Trade Data Analytics Portal is a cost-effective, open-source solution that prioritizes accessibility,
scalability, and user-centric design. With no software licensing costs and only minimal server
infrastructure expenses, it offers a sustainable model for long-term deployment. The portal integrates
intuitive visualizations, advanced drill-down tools and automated workflows that reduce manual data
handling and duplication of effort. By replacing fragmented and ad-hoc analytics with a unified andautomated system, the portal enhances operational efficiency and empowers stakeholders to base
strategies and policy decisions on empirical evidence. This improves responsiveness to global trade
developments and strengthens the Department’s capacity for proactive, data-driven interventions.
The TIA Portal offers a comprehensive suite of tools and dashboards supporting global trade analysis
and market intelligence. It provides extensive visual analytics with more than 270 interactive
visualizations across more than 28 dashboards offering insights into bilateral and India-level trade
patterns. Country and commodity intelligence tools help identify focus products for each market. The
Trade Watch Tower identifies Champion Products by scanning global demand and mapping India’s
supply capabilities. Dedicated dashboards track the performance of Production Linked Incentive
(PLI) commodities, helping assess policy impact and market competitiveness. Surge monitoring tools
track import and export surges across commodities and countries, including both FTA and non-FTA
partners, enabling early detection of anomalies and emerging risks. A Critical Minerals Dashboard
covers more than 30 critical minerals and maps India’s trade flows and global sourcing destinations at
the HS code level. A Tariff Analysis Dashboard and a Target Monitoring Dashboard are under
development for tariff insights and performance tracking.
The portal also provides tools to compare and contrast macroeconomic, trade and investment
indicators across countries, enabling benchmarking, competitive assessments and strategic
evaluations. To support advanced trade analytics, the portal incorporates trade indices such as the
Trade Complementarity Index, which assesses alignment between India’s export profile and partner
countries’ import needs; the Revealed Comparative Advantage index, which highlights products
where India holds a competitive edge; and the Trade Intensity Index, which measures the strength of
bilateral trade relationships relative to global flows. These indices enable deeper analytical
capabilities and support evidence-based planning for trade expansion and policy formulation.
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