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All India Rice Exporters Association seeks PMs intervention to revoke EU ban on basmati rice

The Dollar Business Bureau  India’s widely appreciated basmati rice may face the closed doors of the EU due to the new regulations that EU has imposed on chemical residues, The All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) said on Wednesday. A fungicide named tricyclazole which many farmers use to prevent leaf and neck blast in basmati paddy varieties was banned by EU. For sometime EU had allowed a maximum residue limit (MRL) of 1ppm (parts per million) on the basmati rice that was exported to EU. However, it has issued a notification that residues above 0.01 ppm will not be allowed in the basmati imports after Dec 31, 2017.  Speaking to the media, AIREA President, Vijay Setia said it would not only impact their ...

After Iran, India may impose ADD on imports of Clear float glass from Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia

The Dollar Business Bureau  The Customs is intending to impose anti-dumping duty on the imports of clear float glass of nominal thickness ranging from 4mm to 12 mm (both inclusive), from Pakistan (producer M/s Tariq Glass Industries), UAE and Saudi Arabia. The countries have been put under review by the Ministry of Finance as they have been dumping the clear float glass at cheaper rates causing injury to the domestic players. The DGAD  has recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duty of $23.54 per metric tonne, on the clear float glass exports, produced by M/s Tariq Glass Industries of Pakistan.  Recently, the DGAD had imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on clear glass imports from Iran, ranging from nil to $55.59 per tonne for five ...

India, Pakistan to become full members in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

The Dollar Business Bureau India and Pakistan's admission as full members to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the political and security grouping's summit in Kazakhstan next week, China announced today, while hoping that they would "strictly follow" its charter. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying hoped that the admission of India and Pakistan as full members would help improve their bilateral relations. "Hope India and Pakistan strictly follow the charter of the SCO and the idea of good neighbourliness, uphold the SCO spirit, improve their relations and inject new impetus to the development of the SCO," Hua told a media briefing here. She confirmed that the lengthy process of their admission into the group, which took years ...

India, Pakistan to become full members in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

The Dollar Business Bureau India and Pakistan's admission as full members to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the political and security grouping's summit in Kazakhstan next week, China announced today, while hoping that they would "strictly follow" its charter. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying hoped that the admission of India and Pakistan as full members would help improve their bilateral relations. "Hope India and Pakistan strictly follow the charter of the SCO and the idea of good neighbourliness, uphold the SCO spirit, improve their relations and inject new impetus to the development of the SCO," Hua told a media briefing here. She confirmed that the lengthy process of their admission into the group, which took years ...

Chinese envoy proposes action plan to resolve Sino-India differences

The Dollar Business Bureau Extending an olive branch to India, Chinese envoy Luo Zhaohui proposed a four-pronged plan to resolve disputes, and further a friendly Sino-Indian bilateral cooperation. “Firstly, start negotiation on a China-India Treaty of Good Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation. Secondly, restart negotiation of China-India Free Trade Agreement. Thirdly, strive for an early harvest on the border issue. Fourthly, actively explore the feasibility of aligning China’s ‘One Belt One Road Initiative, and India's 'Act East Policy',” Luo said, in his address to the United Service Institution on May 5, 2017. While many sensitive issues, including China’s opposition to India’s Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, have put daylight between the two nations, this move showcases China’s willingness to meet India half-way through. Speaking ...

Chinese envoy proposes action plan to resolve Sino-India differences

The Dollar Business Bureau Extending an olive branch to India, Chinese envoy Luo Zhaohui proposed a four-pronged plan to resolve disputes, and further a friendly Sino-Indian bilateral cooperation. “Firstly, start negotiation on a China-India Treaty of Good Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation. Secondly, restart negotiation of China-India Free Trade Agreement. Thirdly, strive for an early harvest on the border issue. Fourthly, actively explore the feasibility of aligning China’s ‘One Belt One Road Initiative, and India's 'Act East Policy',” Luo said, in his address to the United Service Institution on May 5, 2017. While many sensitive issues, including China’s opposition to India’s Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, have put daylight between the two nations, this move showcases China’s willingness to meet India half-way through. Speaking ...

Oil, Rice, Chabahar: India-Iran trade issues demystified

Sneha Gilada Economically tied with high volume trade in crude oil and politically tied with similar interests for stability in the Middle East, especially Afghanistan, India and Iran have traversed a long and tumultuous journey to maintain a healthy trade relationship. In an interview with Hon. Consul General, Hassan Nourian (HN), Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hyderabad; The Dollar Business (TDB) explores current issues in the India-Iran bilateral relationship. Speaking about diverse areas from the ambiguity in payment settlement mechanisms to problems in basmati rice exports, the diplomat lucidly explains the dynamics in India-Iran relations. India-Iran payments settlement issues To ensure smooth trade relations between India and Iran regardless of a series of international and American sanctions imposed against the ...

China dismisses Pak industries' concerns over cheap imports

PTI China on Friday dismissed as "unnecessary" the concerns of Pakistani businesses over the possibility of local markets getting flooded with cheap Chinese goods due to tax exemption under the CPEC project, marginalising local industries. "As for the specifics, I am not aware of them, but I think your concerns are unnecessary," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. Pakistani companies have expressed concerns over Chinese suppliers, who will get heavy tax exemptions, may flood local markets with cheap Chinese goods when the trade route under the USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor opens. Playing down such concerns, Hua said the CPEC, part of Beijing's Silk Road project, is a new cooperation framework set by China and Pakistan ...