Midas Touch Isabgol - Try and digest this
This product doesn’t come to mind when one thinks of a commodity with an annual export potential of over $100 million. But that’s exactly what India’s isabgol exports are worth. Yes, we’re referring to the ...
TDB Forum TDB Forum - Ask a Question April 2015
In the world of export-import, each shipment counts. And you cannot afford to make any “uninformed investment”. So, if you have any doubt or a question, ask us. Our team of experts at The Dollar ...
Cover Story Union Budget 2015 - To help Make in India
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is a great orator. A very successful lawyer that he is, it probably comes naturally to him. While speaking, if he wants to emphasise on something, he repeats the word(s), again ...
Face2Face We are branding Gods own country as Investors own destination
The tryst with the Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, was as expected, worth every moment. Watching him handle and resolve a wide array of political and administrative issues not only kept us occupied, but ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief A game worth the candle!
Minimising times taken for exports (17.1 days) and imports (21.1 days) to under 6 and 4 days respectively, is more important than reducing the count of mandatory documents required!
Steven Philip Warner | The Dollar Business
Some ...
Manish K Pandey | Editor Its time to move beyond the drawing board
The cargo volume share of India’s 12 major public sector ports has nose-dived from 72% in FY2007-08 to 55% in FY2013-14
Manish K. Pandey | The Dollar Business
There has been a great hue and cry since ...
The Secret Ingredient Tea - All hail the real king of beverages
It’s easy to lose track of time in Darjeeling. The beautiful weather, sunrise over Kanchenjunga, easy going people and, of course, acres and acres of tea gardens, can make you forget the purpose of your ...
Rendezvous Coordination between tourism and airlines sectors is critical
Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Indep. Ch.) for Culture & Tourism and MoS for Ministry of Civil Aviation, was all smiles when The Dollar Business team walked into his office. For one from the ...
Policy Monitor The land ceiling act is affecting Cashew exports
K. Sasi Varma, Exec. Director, Cashew Export Promotion Council of India |
India’s cashew trade is ideal – it imports cashew nuts, processes them, adds value and then exports the kernels. What, however, should be a ...
Overseas Talk Real business between India and Colombia began just five years ago
Mónica Lanzetta Mutis, Ambassador to India, Colombia |
From nowhere, a sudden surge in oil imports have made India the 4th largest trading partner of Colombia and trying to further strengthen ties is Mónica Lanzetta Mutis, ...
New-Gen Newsmaker Communication & customs are issues while importing from China
After spending 30 years in Silicon Valley, one would think a move back to India would come with its fair share of challenges. But not for Dhimant Bhayani, Founder and CEO, iRevo Multimedia, who seeks ...
Monologue Monologue - People Speak - April 2015
Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy
Actually, there is no floor to the price of oil. The oil floor is the cash cost of shale, which is ...
Exclusive Interview "Why are so many strings attached to refunds, licensing?"
It’s a common sight in our industrial, commercial and even personal lives. Plastics. What’s unfortunate though is that India’s share of it in global trade is less than 3% – insignificant! Last year, India’s exports ...
India Trade India Trade April 2015
News, leads and analysis related to India’s trade and all that’s happened on the policy front during the month of March 2015
Railways
FDI
Fueling the growth engine
Indian Railways might soon be on a fast track for improved ...
Inbox Inbox April 2015
We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And here are a few that hit our mailboxes in March 2015
I want a subscription. The Dollar Business’ content is really informative and the magazine is an ...
Spotlight New Zealand - Not flightless when its trade and commerce
Despite almost always living under the shadow of its bigger and more illustrious neighbour Australia, New Zealand is an economic success story, with a high per capita income and an extremely high Human Development Index. ...
Infographics Human & animal blood - Would you call it a bloody business?
It might not be a trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but it is a proof that all boundaries and differences that divide people are man made, and irrespective of where we live, what ...
Importonomics Leather Goods All weather gains from goods of leather
What comes to mind when we talk about imported leather goods? Coach bags, Gucci shoes and Burberry jackets, isn’t it? Although European and American brands have won the perception battle, when it comes to India’s ...
Global Trade Global Trade April 2015
News, events and analyses related to global trade and snippets of changing trade matrix during the month of March 2015
China
Arms Exports
Dragon fire, literally
China has now overtaken Germany and become the third biggest exporter of arms ...
Global Manager We are open to manufacturing and assembling in India
Selling cycles in India, at a price at which many Indians buy motorcycles and cars, is not easy. But trying to do exactly that is Beat Zaugg, CEO, SCOTT Sports, who, in an exclusive interaction ...
Global Corporation Cyient - New name. Old brilliance.
Although Shakespeare wouldn’t have argued against a billion dollar enterprise rechristening itself after over two decades of existence, when Infotech Enterprises did that last year, quite a few eyebrows were raised. Was it necessary? Would ...
Dockyard The Gateway (Terminal) of India
A couple of months back, a field visit to Kamarajar Port – India’s first corporate port formed under the Companies Act - was an eye opener. We saw for ourselves how a port can be ...
Date Book Date Book April 2015
Have a product to showcase? Want to learn what your rivals are up to? Here’s a list of trade fairs you shouldn’t miss in April and May 2015
India
Technotex
April 09-11, Mumbai
www.technotexindia.in
It is a leading event that ...
Contents Contents April 2015
Cover Story - Union Budget
To help ‘Make in India’
Modi sarkar’s full budget is out. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has spoken. Does it have enough in it for India’s manufacturing sector? Presenting to you a detailed ...
