Europe’s green transition offers India-Bulgaria trade opportunities, says Indian envoy

India’s Ambassador advocates for a bilateral agreement with Bulgaria to employ third-country workers, aligning with existing agreements in Europe. This strategic move aims to enhance economic cooperation and provide skilled manpower to Bulgarian employers, further solidifying the strong economic and cultural ties between the two nations.

Officials said while this would take care of the taxation issue for the first quarter, a final guideline for the second quarter onwards will be given in the upcoming budget in July. Both the countries had reached a deal in November, 2021 that allowed New Delhi to impose the 2% levy until March 31, 2024, […]

The consignment will reach Mumbai port via Bandar Abbas port in Iran, ET has learnt. “For the first time, two trains with Kuzbass coal headed to India along the International North-South Transport Corridor. The trains set off from the Kemerovo region. They followed along the eastern branch of the INSTC through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to […]

India has decided to permit restricted imports of corn, milk powder, crude sunflower oil, and refined rapeseed oil with concessional duty. As the largest global importer of vegetable oils, India will allow imports totaling 150,000 metric tons each of sunflower oil or safflower oil and refined rapeseed oil in the ongoing marketing year, according to […]

India is expected to extend a key support scheme for export credit to boost its export sector, which has been hit hard by a slowdown in developed countries. The commerce and industry ministry has proposed an extension of the interest equalisation scheme beyond June 30, providing a 3% benefit for manufacturer micro, small and medium […]

A multimodal route that includes a railway, roadway network and seaports, the INSTC spans 7,200km (4,500 miles) from St. Petersburg to the port of Mumbai in India. The corridor is part of Russia’s push to find new transport routes in light of Western sanctions, which have forced it to shift trade flows from Europe to […]

Nicholas McCaffrey aims to enhance the scope and impact of the existing trade agreement between India and Australia, working towards formulating a comprehensive free trade agreement to strengthen economic relations between the two nations.

India’s goods exports in FY24 were $437.1 billion and imports were $675.4 billion. The ministry has been developing standard operating procedures to negotiate free trade agreements with other countries and could come up for discussion, said another person aware of the meeting. Exporters are also likely to take up the issue of extending the Production-Linked […]

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the extension of countervailing duties on welded stainless steel pipes and tubes from China and Vietnam to protect domestic players, citing the risk of harm to the local industry if the duty is lifted, proposing a duty of up to 29.88%.

Indian buyers purchased a record 500,000 metric tons of sunflower oil in June due to competitive pricing against soyoil and palm oil from leading suppliers Russia and Ukraine. The war has lead to reduced inventories in the Black Sea region. The lower prices for sunflower oil were attributed to aggressive competition from Russia, Ukraine, and […]