The event was attended by Ambassador of Switzerland to India & Bhutan Ralf Heckner, Swiss-India Chamber of Commerce India President Satish Rao, Honorary Consul Umesh Chowdhary and Head of Swiss Business Hub India Florin Müller and Rajeev Singh, Director General of Indian Chamber of Commerce among others.
Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce launches East Chapter in Kolkata, paves the way for Indo-Swiss collaboration and economic growth
The US has conducted countervailing investigations on certain Indian goods, including paper file folders and common alloy aluminum sheet, according to Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel. The European Commission (EC) has also conducted a similar probe on certain graphite electrode systems.
India’s services exports is now just shy of $200 billion so far in this fiscal year that started April 1 and are likely to jump to $400 billion by the end of the financial year, according to SPEC. Sectors such as tourism, hospitality and medical value tourism are now showing revival signs after the Covid-led […]
Union Minister Piyush Goyal discusses progress of FTA negotiations during meeting with EFTA delegation
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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) delegation led by Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Helene Budliger Artieda, and Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Jan Christian Vestre, on Wednesday.
Union Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced plans to establish ship building and repair clusters in strategic locations such as Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Gujarat, Goa, Vishakhapatnam, Andaman and Nicobar, and Odisha. The India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor plan will include building next-generation mega ports in India, with the Vadhavan and Tuna Tekra […]
Govt exempts rice exports to some European nations from inspection certificate for 6 more months
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India deferred the mandatory requirement of a certificate of inspection by export inspection agencies for shipping both basmati and non-basmati rice to certain European countries by six more months. EIC is the official export certification body of India which ensures quality and safety of products exported from India.
The Directorate of Horticulture and Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board orchestrated the flagging off ceremony of 20 metric tons of Khasi Mandarin to Dubai.
India exports 26 lakh tonnes of basmati rice, 73.18 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice in Apr-Oct: Govt
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India has exported 26.08 lakh tonnes of basmati rice and 73.18 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice during the April-October period of this fiscal year. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda shared export data of major food grains.
Indian goods worth USD 3.7 billion entering Oman to get boost by free trade agreement: GTRI report
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India and Oman are in the process of negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), and a report by think tank Global Trade Reproach Initiative (GTRI) highlights that over 83.5% of Indian goods, worth $3.7 billion, such as gasoline, iron and steel, electronics, and machinery, could receive a significant boost in Oman once the agreement […]
The share of MSME products in India’s exports increased from 43.59% in FY23 to 45.03% in FY22, with a growth from 49.35% in 2020-21 to 49.77% in 2019-20. The share of MSME manufacturing gross value added (GVA) in India’s manufacturing GVA also increased from 40.3% in FY21 to 40.83% in FY22. The number of MSMEs […]