Research house Nomura expects CAD as a share of the gross domestic product to triple this fiscal year, saying that a global economic slowdown will further skew the country's trade imbalances
Say India is better placed even as exports decline
Chinese buyers, who account for 80 per cent of Indian hair exports, are asking exporters to ship hair at a discount of 40 per cent
India's diesel exports fell by 11 per cent in July and overseas shipment of petrol dropped by 4.5 per cent after the government slapped a windfall profit tax on such sales, official data showed. Diesel exports dropped to 2.18 million tonnes in July from 2.45 million tonnes a month back, data from the Oil Ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) showed. Similarly, petrol exports fell to 1.1 million tonnes from 1.16 million tonnes in June. India first imposed windfall profit taxes on July 1, joining a growing number of nations that taxes super normal profits of energy companies. Export duties of Rs 6 per litre were levied on petrol and aviation turbine fuel and Rs 13 a litre on diesel. The duties were partially adjusted in three rounds on July 20, August 2 and August 19, and have now been removed for petrol, with Rs 7 per litre and Rs 2 per litre remaining for diesel and ATF, respectively. The export levies helped ease the strain on domestic fuel supply. The levies wer
After banning wheat exports in May, the government on Saturday prohibited exports of wheat flour, maida, semolina and wholemeal aata with a view to curb rising prices. Notifying a decision of the union Cabinet, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), however, said that exports of these items would be allowed subject to permission of the government of India in certain cases. "Export policy of items (wheat or meslin flour, maida, semolina, wholemeal aata, and resultant aata) is amended from free to prohibited," according to the DGFT's notification. Semolina also includes rawa and sirgi. It added that the provisions under the foreign trade policy 2015-20, regarding transitional arrangements, will "not" be applicable under this notification. On August 25, the government decided to put restrictions on the export of wheat or meslin flour to curb rising prices of the commodity. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). "The Cabinet
India's cabinet approved a policy to restrict wheat flour exports to calm prices in the local market, the government said in a statement
The net profit from growing flowers, on per unit of land, can be 10 to 20 times higher than from most field crops
July's data comes after the Centre raised import duty on gold last month to discourage buyers in the world's second-largest consumer and rein in the yawning trade deficit
Among the top-selling UP products are leather goods, carpets, hand woven textiles, brassware, glassware, sports goods, etc
Indian pharma exports registered a growth of eight per cent during the first quarter of the current financial year to $6.26 billion, as officials hope for a 10 per cent growth by the end of the fiscal
Impending recession in the US is reflecting in its domestic consumption. Indian exporters are already seeing a dip in new orders, while IT sector margins are declining. Should the exporters worry?
Rupee depreciation has impacted the current account deficit and fuelled inflationary pressures but at the same time it has made Indian exports more competitive, according to experts.
It is not clear if the changes will be part of the existing FTP or the new policy that the DGFT hopes to unveil in Sept
However, the rupee can truly become internationalised only when it becomes freely convertible on capital account, they say
The six sectors driving export growth will be chemicals, auto, electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles and industrial machinery
The country's exports are likely to register a "reasonable level" of growth in the current financial year despite the global uncertainties on the trade front, Minister Piyush Goyal has said
The Centre has made it mandatory for all exporters to seek prior permission from the inter-ministerial committee on wheat export before undertaking any outbound shipment
China's exports to the region grew over five times between 2005 and 2020
No country has succeeded in becoming a merchandise export powerhouse unless its quality standards are uniformly high
The export tax on fuels and cess on domestic crude oil production are likely to add to the climate of policy uncertainty in the energy sector