Global Manager We plan to expand our footprint to 65 countries
Sudhir Hasija, a first-generation entrepreneur and the Chairman of Karbonn Mobiles, always longed to create a brand with an expansive reach. And, when he saw a few home-grown companies cashing in on opportunities in the ...
The Secret Ingredient The New King of Healthy Fruits
Pomegranate is slowly gaining popularity worldwide – thanks to the increasing awareness about its health benefits. Alongside, the Government of India is doing its best to promote the fruit internationally and has been encouraging farmers ...
Spotlight Dribbling through Economic Traps
Brazil, the Latin American giant, best known for its soccer prowess, is the 8th largest economy in the world. It’s also one of the only developing economies to maintain a consistent trade surplus. However, the ...
Rendezvous Inland waterways will help decongest rail & road
In an exclusive interaction with The Dollar Business, Mansukh Lal Mandaviya, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Chemicals and Fertilisers, discusses at length the initiatives taken up by his government to create ...
Overseas Talk We must diversify bilateral trade
Brazil and India have many things in common – from enormous economies to vibrant cultures. The two are also members of the BRICS trade bloc and are working towards improving bilateral ties. In an interaction ...
Policy Monitor Exporters findit tough to honour high volume commitments
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), established in 1985, has been instrumental in identifying new markets and providing better support systems to exporters of agricultural and processed food products. In a tête-à-tête ...
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TAX POLICYA long road ahead…
After months of agonising debates and discussions, India finally stepped into the GST-era, amidst much pomp and grandeur! While India is not the first country to introduce such a tax structure, ...
Inbox INBOX August 2017
We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And Here are a few that hit our mailboxes in July 2017
The July 2017 cover story, Export Factoring – Visible yet locked away from Indian exporters, was ...
Importonomics Cotton on to this exports idea
India is the second-largest exporter of cotton in the world. Interestingly, it is also one of the largest importers of the product. An anomaly, you may think. But there are a multitude of reasons to ...
Borderline High hopes and Expectations
The one thing that India’s foreign trade community has been eagerly waiting for since the start of this fiscal [more than anything else, even the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) – perhaps ...
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G20 TalksUnited we stand?
It was a case of ‘US’ against ‘them’ at the 12th annual G20 Summit, held in July in Hamburg, Germany. Amidst anti-capitalist protests, leaders from 20 nations met to discuss politics, ...
TDB Forum TDB Forum Ask A Question August 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 ...
Face2Face German Firms use India as a key hub
Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), the economic development agency of Germany, has been assisting German businesses in seeking opportunities in India and vice versa for almost three decades now. The Dollar Business caught up with ...
EximPedia The Secret Ingredient for Foreign Trade
By TDB Intelligence Unit | August 2017 Issue | The Dollar Business
Trust has always played a major role in trade, whether it is within the borders of a territory or beyond the seven seas. The basis ...
Exclusive Interview We aim to increase our market share in EU
Apollo Tyres has been aggressively expanding its global footprint for quite some time now. The company recently made headlines when production began at its first greenfield facility outside India. The Dollar Business caught up with ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief Living in denial
EU and US could well become the ‘new low-cost centres’ in manufacturing in the next decade. For exporters in India, China Vietnam and other developing nations, this could mean 'new competition'.Steven Philip Warner | August ...
Date Book Date Book August 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 August and September 2017.
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Automation Expo 2017
August 09-12, Mumbai, www.automationindiaexpo.com
Automation Expo ...
Cover Story Will it be a 'policy revision' worth the wait and expectations?
India's exporters got little from this year's Union Budget. The recently implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) further left them confused. They now can't wait to learn what 'happy surprises' the mid-term review of the ...
Contents Contents - FTP mid-term review Will exporters woes continue?
Since the Union Budget 2017-18 had hardly anything for them, exporters had build their hopes around the mid-term review of the FTP 2015-2020 to address their issues. But soon after the DGFT began deliberations with ...
