The target of $400 billion has been achieved nine days ahead of the schedule.New Delhi: India has achieved the ambitious goods export target of $400 billion ahead of schedule for the financial year 2021-22 (till March 22, 2022).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated farmers, weavers, MSMEs (small businesses), manufacturers and exporters for the success."India set an ambitious target of $400 billion of goods exports and achieves this target for the first time ever.

I congratulate our farmers, weavers, MSMEs, manufacturers, exporters for this success.

This is a key milestone in our Aatmanirbhar Bharat journey," the Prime Minister tweeted.The target of $400 billion has been achieved nine days ahead of the schedule with an average of $1 billion goods exported every day.Yearly, the figure jumped 37 per cent from $292 billion in 2020-21.