november 2015 issue

Infographics

Perfumes, Cosmetics And Toiletries - Of Indulgence And Economics

Some call it indulgence, others a $70 billion-a-year global trade. Personal care and hygiene – the world traded more of it last year what 160 nations produced in the name of GDP! That’s some splurge. [Now, who ...
Cover Story

Gateways To The World - What's Ailing India's Gateways To The World?

The 7,500 km-long Indian coastline is dotted with over 200 ports, transporting over 90% of the country's total trade by volume and 70% by value, and in today’s globalised world is nothing less than the ...
Date Book

Date Book November 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 November and December 2015   India Paperex 2015 November 01-04, New Delhi www.india.paperex-expo.com The 12th edition of Paperex, ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief

Scamsters & Jokers

Assuming Drawback rates of 7.5% to 9.8% on various apparel items, calculations by TDB Intelligence Unit suggests that the recent Bank of Baroda scam has resulted in the Indian exchequer losing up to Rs.573 crores. ...

TDB Forum Ask A Question November 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 ...
Global Trade

Global Trade November 2015

News, events and analyses related to global trade and snippets of changing trade matrix during the month of November 2015 Mega Trade Deal Trans-Pacific Partnership 12 nations and a landmark deal! After years of negotiations, a dozen Pacific nations, including ...
Global Manager

Exports are an integral part of ford Indias vision

Nigel Harris, President & Md, Ford India Since its entry into the Indian market about two decades ago, Ford has invested over $2 billion to expand its local manufacturing base and augment its sales & service ...
Importonomics

Black Matpe: Small Pulse. Big Impact!

India is the biggest producer, consumer and importer of black matpe (our very own urad!) in the world. With a shift in domestic production pattern, causing a further shortage of black matpe in the domestic ...
Inbox

Inbox November 2015

We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And here are a few that hit our mailboxes in November 2015 I receive your excellent magazine – The Dollar Business – on foreign trade. It is an excellent ...
India Trade

India Trade November 2015

News, leads and analysis related to India’s trade and all that’s happened on the policy front during the month of November 2015 India-Germany Modi-Merkel Meet On the fast track! Hailing Germany as a ‘natural partner’ of India, Prime Minister ...
Midas Touch

Water tube boiler - Mercury is Rising. But so is Profit

Indian boiler manufacturers have been capitalising on opportunities in their traditional export markets for long now. It’s about time they look beyond these markets and focus on new markets that have the potential to take ...
Monologue

Monologue - People Speak November 2015

Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy We will soon come out with an interest subvention scheme for exporters. Each category has its own problems. We are continuing ...
Overseas Talk

"Mexican Business Community Sees India As A Strong & Attractive Market"

Dr. Francisco de Rosenzweig, DTY. Secretary of Foreign Trade, Mexico Dr. Francisco de Rosenzweig, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Trade of Mexico, was in India recently to attend the 6th India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave held in ...
Policy Monitor

"India Can Take Chinas Place In This Sector"

M. Duraisamy, Chairman, Pdexcil The powerloom sector in India accounts for about 11% of industrial output, 12% of India’s export and employs over 7 million people. The Dollar Business caught up with M. Duraisamy, Chairman, Powerloom ...
Borderline

Winter is coming. Or, has it already?

Manish K. Pandey | Novermber 2015 Issue | The Dollar Business It was September 15, 2008. Financial services behemoth Lehman Brothers, holding over $600 billion in assets, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (the filing remains the ...
Prime Focus

Leather Industry - Yet To Put The Best Foot Forward

This is one paradox – the leather industry. On one end, it is blamed for contaminating rivers and creating health problems, while on the other, it’s toxicity gives way to purity, and it is heralded ...
Spotlight

Peru - A Limping Lima And Three Cs...

Peru is an apt representation of Latin Americas health. The secondworst performing bourse till date in 2015, a currency weaker by 17% since 2014, a balance of trade that seems to have permanently slipped into ...
Contents

Contents November 2015

Cover Story - What’s ailing India’s gateways to the world? The 7,500 km-long Indian coastline is dotted with over 200 ports, transporting over 90% of the country’s total trade by volume and 70% by value, and ...
The Secret Ingredient

Castor Oil - It Promises Big Profits [Patience Please!]

Owing to its variety of end-uses, castor oil is one of the most sought after plant oils. But reduced production and fall in its global prices, have made it a tough commodity to make big ...