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The Dollar Business Bureau Officials of the Department of Commerce in South Carolina said India is widely considered as an upcoming market for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), and have been getting many queries from India-based companies. The South Carolina Department of Commerce said it is doing everything to attract Indian companies in South Carolina. The Carolina government knows that India is becoming a great place to look for investments and the reason why the state government has been doing at least one trade mission to India every year. The US Commerce Department is confident that the Indian economy is likely to move beyond its borders and the state of Carolina is looking to strengthening it further. India has almost six ...

Source: PTI North Dakota has agriculture as its largest industry besides, petroleum, food processing and technology   The sparsely populated North Dakota State of the US will send its first ever trade mission to India next year as part of an effort to attract investment and boost bilateral trade ties. “A high-level North Dakotan Trade Mission to India is being planned in February-March 2016, which would probably be led either by Governor of North Dakota Jack Dalrymple or Lt Governor Drew Wrigley,” Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India in Chicago, said after a visit to the State. During his visit early this month, Sayeed met Drew Wringley, chairman of North Dakota Trade Office, and briefed him on the positive economic climate in ...

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 ...

The Dollar Business Bureau A trade mission from the United States will visit India in February next year to explore business avenues, especially in infrastructure, technology and services sector, a US administration official said. Bruce Andrews, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, said that he will lead a Smart Cities Infrastructure Business Development Mission to India from February 8-12, 2016, with stops in Mumbai, Chennai, and Delhi. Andrews was speaking at the US-India Infrastructure Roundtable held in Washington on Tuesday. The event was organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in collaboration with US International Trade Administration and 32 Advisors. The trade mission will help US companies launch or increase their business in India, focusing on technologies, systems and ...