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India to beef up defence against US chicken legs

19/01/2015

Commerce Ministry asks poultry breeders to assess risk on fresh health concerns

Thai “safeguard” duty cuts India’s steel exports to Thailand

19/01/2015

Industry sources said the move has led to a drastic fall in exports of hot rolled coil (HR Coil) to Thailand at 13,000 tonnes during April-October period of current fiscal against 2 lakh tonnes in the entire 2013-14. India’s steel makers, mainly from Western coasts, started exporting steel to Thailand in galore from 2012-13 to cash on the lucrative demand-supply gap. Comparatively lower logistics was an added incentive.

SPC takes aim at cheap Italian tomatoes

19/01/2015

Fruit processor SPC Ardmona alleges the dumping of imported Italian tomatoes is squeezing its profits.

Report pushes for levy on imports in regional blocs

19/01/2015

Regional blocs including the East African Community (EAC) should introduce a levy on imports to help self-finance its organs, a new report suggests.

U.S. worried about ‘Make in India’ rule

19/01/2015

A co-operation agreement between India and the U.S. on “clean” or renewable energy, set to be one of the highlights of President Barack Obama’s forthcoming visit to India, has run into U.S. concerns over the government’s ‘Make in India’ plan.

DGS against imposing safeguard duty on flexible slabstock polyol import

18/01/2015

NEW DELHI: A Finance Ministry unit is not in favour of imposing safeguard duty on import of a substance used in manufacture of pillows and mattresses after its probe found that high imports were not hitting domestic producers.

India ramps up rare earths production to meet Chinese challenge

17/01/2015

In the wake of China’s growing global dominance over rare earth supplies, increasing supplies by India would be good news for countries like Japan, which have been trying to get rid of dependence on China for imports

Gov’t may negotiate after WTO ruling

17/01/2015

Following the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) rejection of Argentina’s bid to overturn a ruling in favour of the United States, the European Union (EU) and Japan, Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich has said that the government will seek to “establish bilateral negotiation criteria” with the complainants, and that for the moment the country’s import rules are still in force.