Geographical Indication Tags - Are GI Tags helping Indias exports?
Exporters and producers of unique regional products have always tried to guard their produce from imposters and free riders. Geographical Indication Status or GI Tag as it is popularly known has gone a long way to preserve these unique products. But do GI Tags make a difference when it comes to exports from India? Manisha Choudhari| April2016 Issue | The Dollar Business For the uninitiated, Geographical Indication (GI) tag is a proof of where the product (which can be natural, agricultural or manufactured) is born or produced. A product is best known by its reputation, characteristics and its quality, which is in most cases dependent on its place of origin. GI status is also believed to be the oldest form of Intellectual ...
Imports of Rubber Chemicals from China PR and Korea RP
Dated October 30th, 2015 | Copy of | Notification Sl92 dt. 30/10/15 | F.No.14/5/2007- DGAD GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF ANTI-DUMPING & ALLIED DUTIES) NOTIFICATION (Final Findings) Subject: - CESTAT remand case in the Final Findings issued in the anti-dumping investigation concerning the imports of Rubber Chemicals, namely, MBT, CBS, TDQ, PVI and TMT originating in or exported from China PR and PX-13(6PPD) originating in or exported from China PR and Korea RP-reg **** No.14/5/2007- DGAD: Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 as amended from time (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Duty or Additional Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, ...
Australian dairy exporters keen on FTA with India
Source: PTI Australian dairy exporters have asked the government to push for a free trade agreement (FTA) with India in a bid to improve the access to the country's huge market. Australian agriculture service provider Cargill said that while current demand was growing at 7% a year, production was rising by just 4% and India was set to become a net importer by 2020, according to AAP news report. The local dairy exporters were now seeking the FTA with India in the face of stiff tariff barriers of between 30 and 60% on dairy products. Dairy Australia, the national services body for dairy farmers, said the FTA with India with concessions around dairy tariffs “would definitely be a start”. Dairy ...
India insulated from economic fallout, says FM
Source: PTI Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said despite a global slowdown and its impact on countries, India remains insulated from the economic fallout and stands out as a “brighter spot”. “India is not a part of the Chinese production chain, significantly. In fact, the two segments commodities and oil that been adversely affected certainly don't adversely impact India (which is) a net importer,” Jaitley said on Friday night at The Singapore Summit 2015. “Therefore, the more we see a low price regime, the more India continues to benefit. Notwithstanding the slowdown globally, we do stand out as one of the brighter spots,” he was quoted as saying by The Straits Times. Allaying concerns about the pace of the ...
Israeli defence equipment maker forms joint venture with Indian firm
The Dollar Business Bureau India’s microwave radio system manufacturer Astra Microwave Products Ltd on Monday announced that it will form a joint venture with Israeli defence manufacturing company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd to produce high-tech signal intelligence system used in defence communication. The two companies have agreed to invest $20 million over the next two years. The joint venture company will be based in Hyderabad and it is expected to start operation in the first half of 2016. “To start with, ASTRA and M/s Rafael will own 51:49 in the JVC and will become 50:50 subject to regulatory approvals,” Astra Microwave said in a statement. India and Israel have long enjoyed a close commercial relation, especially in defence sector. India is one ...