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US government experts on defence export licensing on Thursday completed a four-day visit to Delhi during which they held multiple briefings with the government and the defence industry about the benefits available to India from the Strategic Trade Authorisation — Tier One (STA-1) status that India was accorded last year.
On July 30 last year, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced that India was being upgraded to STA-1 status, making Indian entities eligible to import a range of high-tech US defence products without export licences.
However, Indian importers do not appear to have fully understood the benefits that STA-1 status
