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The Dollar Business Bureau  The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday lowered the forecast for overall production of meat in 2017 to 100.1 billion pounds (lb) against the 100.4 billion pounds estimated last month. However, it raised the forecast for production in 2018 from the previous 102.8 billion lb to 103 billion lb.  “Beef production for 2017 was lowered to 26.3 billion lb primarily due to lighter carcass weights, which will more than offset expected increased slaughter in the later part of 2017, USDA said in its latest report “World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates” released on June 9.  The expectations for further placements are backing up a higher beef forecast in 2018 of 27.2 billion lb, the report added.  For 2017, ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  The Customs department has suspended the imports of livestock and livestock products into India from all countries due to the threat of avian influenza. A communication to the effect was issued via notification no: 09/2015-2020 dated June 8, 2017. According to the notification, the following imports have been suspended with further effect. domestic and wild birds (excluding poultry and captive birds)  unprocessed meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds (except poultry)  semen of domestic and wild birds (except semen of poultry)  Live poultry and captive birds  day old chicks, ducks, turkey and other newly hatched Avian species  unprocessed meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds  hatching eggs  egg and egg products (except Specific Pathogen Free eggs)  unprocessed feathers  live pig  pathological material and biological ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have recently held conversations and reviewed security and trade agreements with a view to improve trade between the two countries. The President’s first foreign visit, after the recent 16th April referendum was a closely observed spectacle as the two countries have observed an increase in bilateral trade and there was hope that this number could only be increased in recent times. Both leaders vowed to work together and to strengthen cooperation bilaterally and multi-laterally at a press conference organized during Erdogan’s first day in the capital. The discussion revolved around regional and international issues of mutual concern such as tackling counter-terrorism, regional security scenario and more importantly India's ...

PTI The UK today imposed a ban on carrying laptops as part of cabin baggage on Britain-bound passenger flights from six Muslim-majority countries, hours after US introduced a similar move citing terrorism concerns. The ban will cover around 14 airlines that operate direct flights from largely Muslim countries Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia. The UK restrictions also apply to tablets, DVD players and phones over certain size. "Direct flights to the UK from these destinations can continue to operate to the UK subject to new measures being in place. Travellers are advised to keep up-to-date with the latest FCO [Foreign and Commonwealth Office] travel advice and to check online with their chosen airline for further information," a UK government spokesperson ...

Sairaj Iyer The Maharashtra state tourism department is focusing seriously on medical tourism and newer avenues such as fort-tourism. The state government’s top bureaucrat overseeing culture and tourism thinks medical tourism will double in two years and thereby become a formidable source of revenue. Valsa Nair Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary, Tourism & Culture with government of Maharashtra, thinks medical tourism will provide a new revenue channel for the state. She finds that the state has a great opportunity to improve upon visitor count in 2 years. “Medical tourism is possible. Thanks to the new relaxation in the e-medical visas segment, we hope that we can increase tourist-count from 2 lakhs to 5 lakhs in 2 years. To achieve this we are planning medical focused ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  The CBEC in its recent notification no’s 55 and 56 issued on Dec 21 has rescinded the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of soda ash from 9 countries. This step has been taken though the final findings of the investigation were challenged in the High Court of Gujarat and the court is yet to give its final verdict.  Soda ash is generally used in commercial, domestic and laboratory uses or more simply used in the production of various types of glass (flat glass, container special packaging glass, fibreglass for insulation and other glass products) alkali products, detergents and soaps.  India imports soda ash from China (P.R), EU, Kenya, Pakistan, Iran, Ukraine, U.S.A, Turkey and Russia. In its notification the CBEC ...

The Dollar Business Bureau TAV, the Turkish airport operator is preparing to bid for new tenders in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia in the next two years. TAV’s chief executive Sani Sener expressed that this move is aimed at increasing the push in the new markets. Sener said that the TAV group is also interested in airports across the African countries where the passengers exceed one million and is also considering the privatization of airports in the Gulf. In order to balance the impact from the end of its contract to run Ataturk airport of Istanbul, the company is very much keen to add its revenues from the service business. Sener also revealed that they will be very active in Africa and South East ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The fifth largest exporter of fake goods globally is India, while China holds the first place with 63 percent share in estimated half a trillion market of pirated and counterfeited goods. According to a study by EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) and OECD (Organization Economic Cooperation and Development), China tops the list of countries exporting fake goods globally, followed by Turkey, Singapore, Thailand and India. The products made in China accounted for 63.2 percent of the half a trillion fake goods market while the Turkey’s share accounted for 3.3 percent. It was then followed by Singapore’s share with 1.9 percent, Thailand with 1.6 percent share and India with 1.2 percent share, respectively. The country that was hit hard by these ...