Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday discussed progress in India-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations with European Commission’s Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. “Discussed progress of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations with my friend @VDombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission,” the Union Commerce Minister wrote on ‘X’. Piyush Goyal on Saturday participated […]
India is not planning to impose any measures to curb imports or investments from Canada, despite simmering diplomatic tensions between the two countries, two senior government sources in New Delhi said. Ties between New Delhi and Ottawa deteriorated sharply after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September his intelligence agencies were pursuing credible allegations tying […]
India has extended the restrictions on the export of sugar beyond October 31, 2023, and until further orders, according to a notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade issued on Wednesday. The raw sugar, white sugar, refined sugar, and organic sugar are under export restrictions. The restriction is, however, not applicable to sugar being […]
Rice exporters and traders have halted grain procurement from local markets from Sunday onwards in the basmati rice-producing regions of Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh. The action is a response to the government’s decision to maintain the minimum export price (MEP) for basmati rice at a relatively high rate of USD 1,200 per tonne. […]
India is rolling back its earlier plan to impose restrictions on laptop imports, months after abruptly announcing such plans which came under criticism from industry and Washington. “India will not impose restrictions on laptop imports,” Trade Secretary Sunil Barthwal told a press conference on Friday. He said the government “only wants importers to be on […]
India’s trade data for September 2023, released by the Commerce Ministry, reveals a decline in exports by 2.6 per cent, which amounted to USD 34.5 billion compared to USD 35.4 billion in September 2022. “UK delegation will be in India for FTA negotiation. High-level engagements at various levels are ongoing to iron out differences. The […]
India’s trade data for September 2023, released by the Commerce Ministry, reveals a decline in exports by 2.6 per cent, which amounted to USD 34.5 billion compared to USD 35.4 billion in September 2022. “UK delegation will be in India for FTA negotiation. High-level engagements at various levels are ongoing to iron out differences. The […]
India is exploring trade in local currencies with Tanzania, said Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday at a presser. “We are exploring new areas of cooperation including in trade in local currencies. This is one of the topics discussed by the two leaders,” Ravi told reporters in the […]
In the fiscal year 2023-24, as stated by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday, both India’s exports and imports have contracted. The contraction in merchandise exports and imports persisted, albeit at a slower pace in July and August, following the Monetary Policy Committee meeting. In August, merchandise exports and non-oil non-gold imports saw a moderated […]
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the surge in illicit trade is a troubling consequence of globalisation which casts a shadow on the country’s progress toward achieving a 5 trillion-dollar economy. Addressing the 9th edition of FICCI CASCADE’s ‘MASCRADE 2023’, Anurag Thakur said, “Illicit trade, whether conducted through activities like smuggling, counterfeiting, or […]
