<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today asked the exporters to explore new markets across the globe to sustain the country's economic momentum.<br />''</span><br />''He presented the Export Excellence Awards for the units located inside the Madras Exports Processing Zone in Chennai today, in presence of Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Anupriya Singh Patel.<br />''<br />''Vice President said, the Special Economic Zones are the ideal platforms for promoting the concepts of 'Make in India', 'Local Goes Global' and 'Ease of Doing Business.' <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">He noted that the country's merchandise exports reached a record figure of 418 billion dollars last financial year. He added that the services exports were about 250 billion dollars, terming it as a remarkable achievement even in the backdrop of Covid pandemic. He also praised the industrial engineering ecosystem in Tamil Nadu.</span><br />