Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal presided over the flag off ceremony for a consignment of India manufactured excavators headed to New Zealand, held at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, on 19 October 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Union Minister Piyush Goyal was joined by New Zealand High Commissioner to India Patrick John Rata at the excavator consignment flag off at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, on 19 October 2026, signalling diplomatic backing for the bilateral trade push. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada, Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar, and New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick John Rata gathered at Vanijya Bhawan on 19 October 2026 for the flag off of India made excavators bound for New Zealand. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
The flag off event at Vanijya Bhawan on 19 October 2026 brought together Union Minister Piyush Goyal, MoS Jitin Prasada, Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar, and New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick John Rata, underlining Centre state cooperation in promoting construction equipment exports. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
The consignment of India manufactured excavators flagged off on 19 October 2026 reflects growing momentum under the India New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, with senior ministers Piyush Goyal and Jitin Prasada alongside High Commissioner Patrick John Rata at Vanijya Bhawan. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
India's Make in India initiative yielded a visible export win on 19 October 2026 as a consignment of domestically produced excavators was dispatched to New Zealand, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and MoS Jitin Prasada presiding at Vanijya Bhawan. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State Jitin Prasada, alongside New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick John Rata, led the flag off of India built excavators for export at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, on 19 October 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
At Vanijya Bhawan on 19 October 2026, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, MoS Jitin Prasada, Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar, and New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick John Rata marked India's growing footprint in global construction equipment exports. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
A wide delegation including Union Minister Piyush Goyal, MoS Jitin Prasada, Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar, New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick John Rata, and other dignitaries formally flagged off the excavator consignment at Vanijya Bhawan on 19 October 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
The 19 October 2026 flag off at Vanijya Bhawan — attended by Piyush Goyal, Jitin Prasada, Ashish Shelar, and New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick John Rata — reinforced India New Zealand trade ties ahead of further FTA engagements. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal attended the flag off at Vanijya Bhawan on 19 October 2026, spotlighting India's capacity to manufacture and export heavy construction equipment such as excavators to markets like New Zealand. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi hosted the formal export flag off on 19 October 2026, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal overseeing the dispatch of India made excavators to New Zealand under the bilateral trade partnership. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
India's construction equipment sector is expanding its export footprint, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal personally flagging off a shipment of domestically built excavators to New Zealand at Vanijya Bhawan on 19 October 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Union Minister Piyush Goyal championed India's export led growth agenda at the Vanijya Bhawan ceremony on 19 October 2026, as India manufactured excavators were formally cleared for dispatch to New Zealand. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
On 19 October 2026, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal sealed a milestone for India's heavy equipment sector by flagging off a consignment of domestically manufactured excavators to New Zealand from Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)