India, Russia talks on ways to boost bilateral trade
The Dollar Business Bureau Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry, met Denis Manturov, Russian Minister of Trade and Industry, to discuss ways to boost bilateral trade relations between the two countries in several sectors, including the high-end engineering sector. “There is a strong potential for growth in India-Russia bilateral trade. Be it high-end engineering, or manufacturing, India is moving towards being synonymous to quality, reliability and durability,” Sitharaman said. Sitharaman, in a meeting with Russian Minister, discussed several specifics to further boost industrial and trading relations, according to a statement. The Indian Commerce Minister is heading a delegation of businesses to Russia. The businesses are taking part in the INNOPROM 2016 – an international industrial trade fair held every year. “We feel proud to be ...
India aims to shore up engineering exports to Russia
The Dollar Business Bureau The Ministry of Commerce and the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) are devising a strategy to push up the engineering exports to Russia, where economic mood is expected to get better with the improvement in crude oil prices. The economy of Russia is highly dependent on crude oil exports. In the wake of a sharp decline in crude price, Russia’s import of engineering products from India had declined to half in value at $355 million during period April 2015 to February 2016, from $744 million in 2014-15, EEPC said a release. With the improvement in global crude oil prices and its positive effect on oil producing countries, EEPC India believes that this is a suitable time to reverse the ...
India to be the Partner Country for Russian Industrial Trade Fair Innoprom 2016
Source: PIB, Government of India The Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge), Nirmala Sitharaman. India accepted the invitation extended by the Russian Government to participate as the Partner Country in the major Industrial Fair “INNOPROM 2016” to be held at Yekaterinburg, Russia in July 2016. This was conveyed by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Commerce & Industry, Government of India to her counter-part Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation at a bilateral meeting held at St. Petersburg on July 19, 2015. India is likely to participate in the key handing over ceremony at Moscow later this year. Nirmala Sitharaman led a strong delegation to the annual St. Petersburg International and ...