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Resolve risky exporters' issue immediately, release refunds: FIEO

Exporters' body FIEO on Wednesday demanded fast resolution of issues related to 'risky exporters' and immediate release of their refunds to help them tide over the problems arising due to pandemic.

Kicking the import habit: Can India grab a $200-bn business opportunity

PM Modi's call for a self-reliant India, free of its dependence on imports, means opportunity for the domestic industry. But there are many questions that need to be answered, writes Sai Manish

WTO must come out of ventilator and work to revive multilateralism: Prabhu

Says multilateralism is under threat on post-Covid world, calls for forward-looking, inclusive agenda

Centre to free up inter-state agri commodity trade without touching APMCs

For this, the govt will use Entry 42 of the Union list, along with Entry 33 of the Concurrent List, to frame a legislation

Trade wants GST Council to change late payment rule

Demands on the basis of gross tax liability can be held in abeyance

RCEP offers $125-bn market if domestic firms improve competitiveness: Study

Being the fourth largest exporter of bovine meat, India can help it grab a $11-billion market in select RCEP countries, says the WTC

Exports contract for fifth straight month in December, imports shrink 8.8%

Policymakers worried over dwindling imports, which contracted for 7th month

Govt's mega plan to boost exports: Credit at lower rate for small biz soon

Interest rates will likely fall to 3.15% for export credit in dollar terms and 7.35% in rupee terms

Modi greets Boris Johnson on phone; discusses bilateral trade, defence ties

The Conservative Party manifesto also made a categorical reference to India as a dynamic economy.

Lack of bilateral pacts may hamper India's trade, investment positions

After unilaterally terminating pacts in 2016, India has pushed for individual deals based on Bilateral Investment Treaty

Efforts being made to boost exports, strategy in place: Hardeep Singh Puri

In essence, we are trying to provide whatever support you, as exporters, need from the government, Puri said

India's PSUs should bid for international projects as consortium: Report

CII report, titled 'Can the Indian PSEs enhance their Geo-strategic reach', presents a roadmap to expand exports and geo-strategic reach of public sector enterprises by 2022

Rethinking supply chains in the Indo-Pacific

Global companies are re-evaluating their supply chains to mitigate the impact of this uncertainty on cost and earning structures

Incoterms CPT, CIP terms oblige seller to contract for carriage, say expert

'The cost for contract for carriage must be borne by the seller, who must ensure that it is on usual terms and usual route as customary for the type of cargo'

No real plan for exports

Advisory report on trade promotion misses the mark

Inflation not a bad thing! Highlights of Abhijit Banerjee's take on economy

Abhijit Banerjee, who recently won the Economics Nobel Prize, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, spoke to Rajesh Kumar about the concerns facing the Indian economy; here are the highlights

New registration norms by Saudi add to Morbi tile cluster's woes

The Saudi Arabian government has changed technical requirements for suppliers of ceramic tiles, forcing the units in Morbi to apply for certification for valid exports

Trade remedies to be amended to protect, strengthen domestic industry

The draft amendments are likely to be notified soon by the revenue department after legal vetting

Making rebates WTO-compatible

Under RoSCTL, except for some items containing cotton, the rates are between 1.7 and 3.6 per cent of the FOB value of export

Govt to release norms for forex credit to exporters at affordable rates

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the ministry was waiting for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take a call on some of the issues on export credit