IMPORTS

Anti-dumping duty on yarn imports from China, Thailand extended till year end

The duty was first imposed in October 2015 after the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) had found that the imports were impairing...

India's palm oil imports set to jump as tax cut lures refiners

Higher imports by India, the world's biggest buyer of palm oil, will support benchmark Malaysian palm oil prices that hit their highest lev...

China begins import of Indian rice after 2 years amid border tension

India is the world's major exporter of rice, while China is the biggest importer. In 2006, China was given market access for Indian rice bu...

India extends anti-dumping duty on methylene chloride imports from China till Jan 31

The Board said that the decision has been taken after the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated a review and sought for ex...

Egypt stops buffalo meat imports over pesticide concerns

"In Egypt they have started a new testing pattern in which authorities had concerns that there are pesticide traces in Indian meat. This ha...

India imposes anti-dumping duty on fluoroelastomers imports from China for 5 years

"There is sufficient evidence to indicate that the cessation of anti-dumping duty at this stage will lead to continuation of dumping and in...

Government cuts import duty on crude palm oil to 27.5 pc effective November 27

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in a notification said the basic customs duty (BCD) rate on crude palm oil has been ...

India cuts import tax on crude palm oil to 27.5% from 37.5%, says government

India is the world's biggest importer of palm oil. It imports around 9 million tonnes of palm oil annually, mainly from Indonesia and Malay...

India may extend anti-dumping duty on polyester fabric used in shoes, bags imported from China

The commerce and industry ministry recommended a duty of $547/MT on FDY, which is used in making shoe upper fabrics, luggage/bag and curtai...

India drops anti-dumping probe on Mono Ethylene Glycol imports on RIL request

The government, in April, dropped an anti-dumping investigation over MEG imports from Saudi Arabia after RIL had sought termination of the ...

India's 2020-21 edible oil imports pegged at 12.5-13.5 million tonne: SEA

Edible oil imports may be restricted because of hopes of higher domestic oilseed production and expectation of 1-1.5 million tonne higher e...

China halts imports of seafood products from Indian firm, says report

China's General Administration of Customs suspended the import of seafood products from an Indian company for one week starting from Friday...

Talks for further expansion of trade agreement between India, Chile in final stage: Official

India's exports to Chile include transport equipment, pharmaceuticals, yarn of polyester fibres, tyres and tubes, manufacture of metals, ar...

Thailand, European Union question India's import restrictions on tyres, ACs and TV Sets

Bangkok also complained that many Thai exporters were unable to export television sets to India because the government did not grant import...

China says COVID-19 detected on more fish exports from India amid growing criticism

Cold-chain imports from India, Russia and Argentina test positive for COVID-19 in one day in China, state-run Global Times reported on Wedn...

India’s rice bran oil imports from Bangladesh are set to double in 2020-21

Unlike palm oil, which was earlier being re-routed into India via Bangladesh to avail of a duty advantage, rice bran oil originates in Bang...

India's gold imports drop 47 percent during April-October; fall to $9.28 billion

The decline in gold and silver imports has helped in narrowing the country's trade deficit, difference between imports and exports, to USD ...