Policy Monitor India needs to focus on quality
Twice in a matter of just over a year, Vietnam has imposed a ban on groundnut imports from India. Sanjiv Sawla, Chairman, Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Council, explains what the move means for ...
Spotlight Looking Beyond the INCAS
Peru, the fastest growing economy in Latin America, offers the world more than just heritage tourism. The country not only exports huge volumes of precious metals like gold and silver, but also serves as a ...
A Never before, never again sneak peek...
A Never before, Never again Sneak Peek...
Unveiling The Dollar Business May 2017 issue
COVER FEATURE
How archaic are India’s anti-dumping laws?
THE DOLLAR BUSINESS
Investigates the relevance of India’s age-old anti-dumping laws at a time when the domestic industry ...
Date Book Date Book April 2017
Have a product to showcase? Want to learn what your rivals are up to? Here is a list of trade fairs you shouldn’t miss in April and May 2017.
A file photo of the 42nd India ...
Special Feature Restructuring DGFT Is that a necessity?
In India’s foreign trade circles, a big news that has been doing the rounds in recent weeks is that the Ministry of Commerce is planning to restructure the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to ...
SME Corner Technical Textile is in huge demand
What started as a thread cleaning unit 40 years back is today a well-known name in the garment export business, shipping garments worth Rs.130 crore to countries across Europe and America each year. In an ...
Rendezvous We're eyeing Rs.4,000 crore in export revenues in five years
Indian Railways – undoubtedly one of the lifelines of logistics for Indian exporters and importers – has witnessed a wave of reforms under Suresh Prabhu, the Union Minister of Railways, GoI. In an exclusive interview, ...
Exclusive Interview SEZ is a meaningless concept in todays globalised world
At a time when rising protectionism and stagnant growth have left several countries baffled, Dr. Bibek Debroy, a member of the government think tank NITI Aayog, sees no dearth of opportunities for Indian businesses. In ...
Face2Face India is a dynamic and re-emerging economy
As UK triggers Brexit and prepares for the life-after, Sujit S. Nair, Co-founder & Chief Coordinator of British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC), explains to The Dollar Business why a free trade agreement between ...
Case Study ON THE RIGHT FOOT
Some ideas come easy, don't they? In the summer of 1994, a 23-year old would-be-entrepreneur Nitin Tiwari met a gentleman wearing safety footwear in South Leicestershire. Considering workers in the manufacturing sectors in India and ...
Global Trade GLOBAL TRADE
China-North Korea
Coal importsSevering the lifeline
In a move that is set to deal a major financial blow to North Korea, the Chinese Commerce Ministry has said that it has suspended coal imports from North Korea. The ...
Contents Star Exporters
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. In the backdrop of India’s floundering exports, The Dollar Business speaks to a dozen handpicked exporters, across sectors, who have defied all obstacles over the years ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief Feeding dogmatism to the dogs
The disproportionately high levels of assets in relation to earnings (foreign assets, considered volatile by shareholders) is the big problem with MNCs, much unlike the case with 'only exporting' firms.Steven Philip Warner | April 2017 ...
Monologue PEOPLE SPEAK
The figures make it clear that the GDP did not go down as they had predicted. Nothing happened and the country is on a path of fast-paced development.
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of IndiaOn the impact of ...
Its time to explore untapped markets
In 2011, an enthusiastic young man combined his passion for fashion with business and started Roman Island. Six years later, this Rs.100 crore company is making its presence felt both in the domestic and international ...
India Trade Merchandise Exports - Is the recovery sustainable?
Inspiring an ambitious target, India’s merchandise exports exhibited a double-digit growth of 17.48% y-o-y to $24.5 billion in February 2017. A double-digit jump in exports was last recorded in June 2014. Interestingly, exports grew for ...
Inbox INBOX April 2017
We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And Here are a few that hit our mailboxes in March 2017While browsing the web, I came across a feature on SEZs on The Dollar Business website. ...
TDB Forum TDB Forum Ask A Question April 2017
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 ...
Importonomics This Acid wont burn your hands
Perennial demand and low domestic production promise a worthy business opportunity in imports of phosphoric acid. All an importer needs to do is play the volume game. BY TDB INTELLIGENCE UNIT | April 2017 Issue ...
Overseas Talk FTA will create a win-win situation
Edgar Vasquez, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Peru, was in India recently to push for a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) covering goods, services and investments between the two countries. The Dollar Business caught ...
The Secret Ingredient The soap opera has just begun
Indian exporters of organic soaps have been making ‘clean’ hits across overseas markets for quite some time now. As a result, exports of this product from the country has risen steadily. So, what really makes ...
Borderline Are Indian MSMEs crying, Forget-me-not?
The much-awaited Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 finally received the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee on March 27, 2017. With this India comes at par with countries like Israel and Poland that allow 26 weeks ...
Cover Story Star Exporters
As we stand today, the present government’s ambitious target to touch $900 billion in exports by 2020 has been written off as just that... ambitious! And there are a number of reasons for that; global ...
