Trade Intelligence & Analytics (TIA) Portal - A New Integrated Platform for India’s Trade Insights

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Launch of the Trade Intelligence & Analytics TIA Portal

The Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal has been developed as a digital platform to make trade data more transparent, accessible and valuable for exporters, importers, startups and MSMEs. 

The TIA portal aims to expand access to information that was previously limited to larger enterprises and to help smaller businesses make informed trade decisions.

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Purpose and Role of the TIA Portal

The Trade Intelligence & Analytics (TIA) Portal is designed to support evidence-based policymaking, sectoral planning and market intelligence.

It brings together multiple global and bilateral trade datasets, including sources such as UN Comtrade, into a single integrated system.

The platform helps users analyse India’s overall trade, global flows and bilateral relationships with more than 220 countries.

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Key Features and Analytical Capabilities

The portal offers more than 270 interactive visualisations across over 28 dashboards, covering India-level, country-level and commodity-level insights.

It includes tools such as:

• Trade Watch Tower for market and product intelligence.
• Surge monitoring tools for tracking unusual trade movements.
• PLI commodity performance dashboards.
• Critical Minerals Dashboard covering over 30 minerals.
• Tools for tariff analysis and target monitoring (under development).

These features help users identify market diversification opportunities, track emerging risks, and monitor competitiveness.

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Automation, Integration and Accessibility

The Trade Intelligence & Analytics Portal replaces older systems such as the Niryat Portal, Tradestat and other monitoring dashboards. Data collation has been automated through APIs, enabling easier extraction of country-wise and commodity-wise datasets.

Automated workflows now handle reports such as the Monthly Trade Report and surge analysis, reducing duplication of effort and improving consistency.

Open-Source, Cost-Effective and Scalable System

The Trade Intelligence and Analytics Portal is built on an open-source architecture with no software licensing costs. It uses minimal server infrastructure, making it cost-efficient and scalable.

The design focuses on user-friendly navigation, drill-down analytics and intuitive dashboards to support a wide range of stakeholders across government and industry.

Advanced Trade Analytics and Indices

To support deeper analysis, the platform integrates several trade indices, including:

• Trade Complementarity Index for alignment between India’s export capabilities and partner-country demand.
• Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) for identifying strengths in India’s export basket.
• Trade Intensity Index for evaluating the depth of bilateral trade relationships.

Together, these tools help assess competitiveness, identify new product opportunities, and plan targeted trade interventions.

DhruvStar Industry Insights: What it Means for Indian Exporters

• Building Stronger Data Capabilities: The launch of the Trade Intelligence & Analytics (TIA) Portal highlights the need for companies, EPCs and industry bodies to strengthen their internal data capabilities. Integrating TIA insights into market research, export planning, and risk assessment can help firms identify new markets and diversify product portfolios more effectively.
• Using Analytics for Market Diversification: The TIA portal’s country- and commodity-level tools provide early signals on opportunities and risks. Exporters can use these insights to tap emerging markets, track global demand shifts and prepare for tariff or non-tariff changes. A structured use of such analytics can improve competitiveness in sectors seeking to expand their global footprint.
• Enhancing Policy and Industry Coordination: With automated dashboards and trade indices now easily accessible, industry associations can align more closely with the government on export strategies. Regular data-backed interactions can help identify priority sectors, address bottlenecks and support targeted interventions based on real-time trade patterns.

Sources

[1] PIB

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