New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- India's ambitions to expand its footprint in global trade will depend squarely on improving the quality and competitiveness of its domestic manufacturing base, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery said on Thursday.

"We can only be successful at exports if we are successful at quality production," Bery said, speaking at the release of the latest edition of the government's quarterly Trade Watch publication, which this time focused on electronics exports.

Bery said international trade was "fundamental to the transformation of the Indian economy," and commended the team behind the report, including NITI Aayog Member R.S. Sahoo and Chief Executive Officer B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, for sustaining the quarterly analytical effo...