About Trade Regulations, Accreditation & Compliance Enablement (TRACE)

Assistance under this initiative shall be directed towards enhancing the capacity of eligible MSMEs to demonstrate conformity with applicable standards, upgrade product quality, and comply with legitimate regulatory requirements of importing countries, without conferring any entitlement linked to export performance. Support under this initiative shall be limited to partial reimbursement of eligible expenditure incurred by MSMEs involved in international value chains towards testing, inspection, certification, audits, traceability systems, and other conformity-assessment requirements that are mandated vide regulations required for market access, or necessary to demonstrate compliance with internationally recognised standards.