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The Dollar Business Bureau Canadian Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi said on Monday that discussions were on for resolving the issue of hike in tariff on imports of pulses by India. “Talks on to resolve pulses import duty hike issue with India,” Sohi told the media persons at an interactive session organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata. India, which makes up for almost 48% of the global pulses consumption, is a key importer of pulses from Canada and the US. In 2016-17, out of $4.1 billion imports from Canada, India imported $1.1 billion worth of pulses. However, pulse shipments from Canada have fallen to around $500 million in 2017-18, due to Indian government’s controls and duties following a supply surplus ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a currency swap agreement that will enable businesses from both the nations to directly trade in each other’s currency, bypassing the US Dollar or any other international currency. The signing of agreement means that business communities from both sides can save huge money as trade between the two countries reached to new highs. “India and the UAE have reached an agreement that will enable businesses in both countries to bypass the dollar and other foreign currencies and trade directly in dirhams or rupees,” said Navdeep Suri, India’s Ambassador to the UAE. “[This] means that there is a saving for the business community. It makes trade between the two countries more competitive,” ...

The Dollar Business Bureau During the first seven months of 2017-18, the trade deficit with China stood at $36.73 billion against the $51.11 billion in the fiscal of 2016-17, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry CR Chaudhary informed the Parliament on Monday.  During the period April to October, India’s bilateral trade with China stood at $50.19 billion as compared to $71.45 billion in the entire financial year of 2016-17, as per the provisional data for the period placed by Chaudhary in the Lok Sabha.  “Increasing trade deficit with China can be attributed primarily to the fact that Chinese exports to India rely strongly on manufactured items to meet the demand of fast expanding sectors like telecom and power, while India's exports to ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In order to explore opportunities for bilateral trade and investment in the Latin American (Latam) and Caribbean regions, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu visited Cuba from October 28 to 31. “The Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu visited Cuba from October 28 to 31 to explore opportunities to tap the huge untapped potential, for not only bilateral trade but also investment in the Latin American and Caribbean regions,” the Commerce Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “It has been the strategy to pursue new markets to expand India's trade footprint and targets to double trade with the Latam and Caricom region in the next 4 to 5 years,” it said. India’s bilateral trade with the Caribbean region ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that there is a need to enhance trade, investment and commerce with the extreme eastern parts of Russia or Russian Far East in order to achieve the $30 billion target, set for bilateral trade between the two countries, by 2025.  “The Russian Far East is one of the richest regions in the world and India is among the fastest growing large economies of the world. There is lot that can be done together. When other markets are closing, we need to find new ones and create virtuous cycles of investment. Investment is in the ultimate analysis an act of faith,” Sushma said, while speaking at the India-Russia Business Dialogue at the Eastern Economic Forum ...

The Dollar Business Bureau ONGC, India’s state run oil and natural gas corporation is planning to bid to explore the Israeli oil and gas blocks. This was revealed to the media by the Oil minister, Dharmendra Pradhan today. This could be the first major deal between the two countries. Dharmendra Pradhan had met his Israeli counterpart Yuval Steinitz on the sidelines of the World Petroleum Congress soon after after Prime Minister Modi visited Israel and signed trade deals worth billions of dollars. Israel had issued tenders last year calling for licences to drill 24 blocs of upto 400 square kilometres in size and Indian energy companies like ONGC had announced their participation. According to an evaluation released by the Israeli Ministry of Energy, the Levant ...

The Dollar Business Under a bilateral trade deal between US and China, cooked chicken will be reaching the US shores soon. The deal inked in May, was in exchange of US beef being exported to China and getting cooked chicken in return. This development came after China decided to lift its ban (imposed in 2003) on US beef, after US beef producers were locked out from accessing the huge beef loving Chinese market, due to the spreading of mad cow disease in the bovines, spurring Japan, Mexico and South Korea halting the product from entering their shores. The lifting of the beef ban was big news for US beef exporters as the greater Chinese region (included Hong Kong and Vietnam) is a $7 ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  With the first shipment of two million barrels of US crude oil, costing about $100 million, expected to reach India by the end of September and the volume of crude oil that India could buy in the future, it is very likely that the bilateral oil trade between the two countries could increase to $2 billion. With this, India will be in the league of Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and China in purchasing American crude oil after OPEC reduced its production, leading to a price increase of the heavy-sour crude of Middle East. Tweeting about the development, the Indian Embassy in Washington said, “New breakthroughs! Oil shipments frm US to India has started,” on Wednesday, after ...