Textile exports too haven’t been doing well, nor have engineering exports. EEPC (Engineering Export Promotion Council) India chairman Ravi Sehgal said, “The engineering sector, which had been leading the basket of goods exports, could manage to grow by a meagre 2.62% in March, making it imperative to redraw our external trade strategy. This is all the more important in the backdrop of more and more protectionism rearing its head. Rising raw material costs, among other factors, have had a crippling impact on the shipments." Sehgal also pointed out that Indian exports have been sluggish despite a pick-up in global growth.