India was the first G20 country to undertake the India Shipment Efficiency Assessment (SEA), a diagnostic evaluation of its trade practices to improve their efficiency through the use of new digital tools.
The India SEA was completed in cooperation with India’s Ministry of Shipping, India Institute of Management-Udaipur, the Confederation of Indian Industry and GCEL. The assessment collected nearly 60,000 data points across 19 industry clusters covering every economic zone through face to face interviews. The results were staggering, 94% do not have an integrated system and 83% want the Digital Economy Platform to do a better job at the ground level.