The plan to levy higher duty on overseas equipment seeks to provide a level-playing field for domestic manufacturers such as BHEL and L&T against cheap Chinese imports

India to export 2 million tonnes of wheat; floor price fixed at $228 per tonne

04 Jul 2012

India’s April-May trade deficit narrows to $29.8-bn as trade shrinks

02 Jul 2012

India’s oil imports at $14.99 billion in May 2012, accounted for nearly 92 per cent of the country’s trade deficit of $16.3 billion for the month

India’s current account deficit hit $21.7 billion in Q4-FY’12: RBI

29 Jun 2012

SBI cuts lending rate for exporters by 50 basis points

28 Jun 2012

India to take strong position at EU trade negotiations

26 Jun 2012

India’s import of sensitive items up nearly 43 per cent in FY’12.

20 Jun 2012

RBI gives a Rs30,000-crore boost to export credit

18 Jun 2012

Government waives rupee tax on Iran oil imports

15 Jun 2012

Australia may be hit with the third WTO suit over tobacco packaging

15 Jun 2012

The Australian government says the action is designed to try to intimidate it to relent in its efforts to protect public health

Sharma predicts big rise in exports this year

08 Jun 2012

India extends export sops under revised trade policy

05 Jun 2012

The government today announced a 7-point strategy that aims at increasing the country’s exports by a minimum 20 per cent to $360 billion in the current financial year

Sanctions not to hurt legitimate trade interests with Iran: Krishna

01 Jun 2012

US hits Daewoo, Samsung and LG washing machines with retaliatory duties

01 Jun 2012

Japan, China to start direct currency trading from 1 June

30 May 2012

The world’s second and third-largest economies China and Japan have agreed to begin direct yen-yuan trading from 1 June scrapping the US dollar as intermediate currency

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