Exports

Target set for marine product exports Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu said the government was working on an agriculture export strategy that would give primacy to value addition and job creation. He emphasised on the potential of marine...

The Pan-Asian Trade Block for one-third global GDP Girija Pande. India’s planned participation in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has seemingly caused concerns within the Indian industry of the possible flooding of cheap Chinese imports into the Indian market,...

Index to caputre sentiment of exporters and importers Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched CriSidEx, India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs) to flag potential headwinds and changes in production cycles and thus help improve market...

Oil price hike main risk for Indian economy   The prospects for India’s External Sector in this and coming year look bright with world trade projected to grow at 4.2% and 4% in 2017 and 2018, respectively, up from 2.4%...

Top quality investors participate in bond issuance The Export Import Bank of India (EXIM) has raised US$10 billion with a bond issuance on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to support the country's project exports, overseas investment by way of long-term...

Tech partnership JVs suggested Call on Asean-India to work on agri and value added products. ASEAN and India, a combined market of 1.8 billion people and part of the Indo-Pacific region, should make specific efforts on agriculture and blue economy....

Dynamic planning more important - Lawson India’s economy holds the brightest growth prospects amongst the world’s seven largest economies, according to results from the Global Trade Barometer released 22 Jan 2018 by DHL, global logistics operator. The first ever DHL...

Farmers meet buyers from 45 markets Prabhu (file picture). Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said an agricultural export policy will be introduced soon and will be formulated in the coming days. Farmers impacted by imports should get a chance to export...

VP Naidu calls for land policy reforms The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu delivering the 14th Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao Memorial Lecture, at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, in Bengaluru on 19 Jan 2018. Indian must strengthen the ecosystem...

MSMEs urged to bring down costs   Commerce Secretary, Rita A. Teaotia, has expressed concern about a pressing need for India to devise the kind of policy framework needed to address issues of finance to exports. “We need to actually...