Trade
India opens FY’14 with a trade deficit of $17.79 billion in April
13 May 2013
India, which ended the 2012-13 fiscal with a trade deficit of an estimated $190.92 billion, opened FY’14 with a 26.68 per cent year-on-year increase in trade deficit at $17.787 billion
Chinese claim trade increase, but figures don’t add up
08 May 2013
China’s export growth surged unexpectedly in April, as shipments to the US and Europe decreased, leading Bank of America and Mizuho Securities analysts to say China's figures had been inflated
India’s FY’13 trade deficit hits $191 billion
19 Apr 2013
Govt extends EPCG scheme, allows smaller SEZs
19 Apr 2013
Sharma proclaims Rs3,000 cr export package; industry unimpressed
18 Apr 2013
Faced with a scenario of dwindling exports, the government today outlined an incentive package worth Rs3,000 crore, which has left export-oriented industries unimpressed
Government slashes tariff value of gold, silver
16 Apr 2013
India-EU free-trade pact may undermine WTO’s patent agreement
10 Apr 2013
The civil society is opposing the intellectual property related issues in the proposed FTA that would impact access to affordable medicines across the developing world
India accedes to international trademark system
08 Apr 2013
India, Eurasian Economic Commission mull CECA
02 Apr 2013
India plans special fund to protect Iranian crude importers
25 Mar 2013
The move becomes necessary as European re-insurers refuse to cover refineries that process oil from Iran, due to Western sanctions on the country
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