Gujarat has topped the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020 followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the second and third positions respectively.
According to the report, six of eight coastal states feature in the top ten rankings, indicating the presence of strong enabling and facilitating factors to promote exports.
Among the landlocked states, Rajasthan has performed the best, followed by Telangana and Haryana.
Among the Himalayan states, Uttarakhand topped the chart, followed by Tripura and Himachal Pradesh.
The report noted that Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are two landlocked states that had initiated several measures to promote exports.