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The Dollar Business Bureau The first meeting of the Japan-India Coordination Forum (JICF) for Development of North-Eastern Region was held at Delhi. This is a part of the Indo-Japan strategy to contain China’s marauding moves in the region. The JICF is being set up to focus on connectivity, road development, especially inter-State roads and major district roads, disaster management, food processing, organic farming, and tourism. The Secretary, Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), Naveen Verma led the Indian side while the Japanese delegation was led by the Japanese Ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu. Senior Officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, External Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs, and line Ministries of Government of India including Road Transport & Highways, Agriculture, Power ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Backed by growing customer demand and introduction of new products, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese Honda Motor Company, recorded a growth of 20% in its overall sales, including domestic and exports, in July. The company recorded its ever highest exports in a single month at 32,569 units and witnessed a growth of 34%. Adding 3%, Honda’s market share in exports zoomed to an all-time high of 15%. “Growing at a fast pace, Honda 2Wheelers India total sales grew at 20% to 544,508 units in July 2017 as compared to 453,884 units in July last year, the company said in a statement. Honda2Wheelers is the only manufacturer to gain 2% market share to 28.8%, making the company highest market share gainer in July. Interestingly, ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  Japan has secured new orders, prompting a 3 month manufacturing high in May supported by stronger increases in output, a survey reported. This is a clear sign that its economy is gaining in momentum in the second quarter of 2017. Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to 53.1 in May stronger than the readings 52.0 and 52.7 recorded in April. This was the highest level recorded  since February the survey said.  Improvement in operating conditions has been linked to accelerated rises in both manufacturing output and new orders. This has prompted Japanese companies to increase hiring since production increased for the tenth consecutive month. Companies are reported to have said, that growth was supported by a demand both domestically as well ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Overriding its tapering domestic economy, Japan's foreign trade in the month of March boosted the overall performance of the world's third largest economy. The Japanese administration announced that exports grew more than the expected 12% while imports jumped 16% year on year during March 2017. A revival of stability in Chinese economy supplemented by a gradually normalising global demand has given Japan much reason to cheer. A trade surplus of $5.6 billion was registered in the month of March as exports grossed $66 billion approximately while imports rose to about $60 billion. Japanese exports to China reached $11 billion, showing a whopping 16.4% growth from the same month in the previous year, although the double digit growth is mostly because of a one-month shift in the Lunar New ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Two wheeler manufacturer Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) said on Wednesday that the company will export its made in India motorcycle Gixxer to Japan. This is for the first time that a motorcycle manufactured by SMIPL is being shipped to the Japanese market where its parent firm Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) is headquartered. SMIPL has already shipped the first consignment to the Japanese market. “The Gixxer model has already been exported to other countries such as Latin America and other surrounding countries. Exporting of ‘Made in India’ vehicles to Japanese market indicates the high benchmarks of quality established by the company and its increasing global role,” Satoshi Uchida, Managing Director, SMIPL said in a statement. The export of Gixxer to Japan ...

Jayarama Emani | The Dollar Business World over, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are exporting, but as an exporting nation we rank very low as our exports are legible, said Dr. Tamal Sarkar, Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters. Speaking exclusively to The Dollar Business, during a recently held event on ‘Make in India’ by The Federation of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTAPCCI), Sarkar said, “If not international exports, I will rather look at MSMEs export internally to larger industries. We must promote vendorisation in India, so that MSMEs absorb technologies the way large enterprises do it by collaborating with multi-national companies.” In his presentation, ‘MSMEs and Global Competitiveness - A cluster based approach,’ ...