Indian trade with Singapore on the upswing

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| He was speaking at a meeting a business delegation from Singapore with Indian businessmen in Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC) in Mumbai. |
| The 45 member delegation held talks with Indian industrialists and explored new business opportunities. |
| "India is surging and we want to play a part in its growth by contributing our enterprise and capital," said Menon. Before coming to Mumbai, the delegation visited Chennai and Pune and held talks with the businessmen there. |
| The trade of Singapore with India recently touched $10 billion. With China it is $30 billion. The delegation said that still there were lot of opportunities in India. |
| The Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Singapore, industrialists believe, has laid the foundation for future growth of business partnership between the two countries. |
| Nayan Patel, president, IMC said: "Singapore is India's gateway to ASEAN and China. It is also India's largest export partner and the second largest source of imports from ASEAN". |
First Published: May 31 2006 | 12:00 AM IST