TASMA urges Finance Minister to extend duty-free cotton import facility
NEW DELHI : The Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA) has urged Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman to extend duty-free imports of cotton beyond December 31, 2025, as the country could face a cotton
India imposes anti-dumping duty on cold-rolled steel imports from China for five years
NEW DELHI : India has imposed anti-dumping duty on cold rolled steel imports from China for five years to protect the domestic industry, it said late on Thursday. The duty on a variety of
PLI scheme for Pharmaceuticals
NEW DELHI: The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes implemented by the Department of Pharmaceuticals have led to avoidance of imports worth ₹3,591 crore of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and their key starting materials (KSMs)
Mobile phone import drops to 0.02 pc of local demand in 2024-25 from 75 pc in 2014-15
NEW DELHI: Mobile phone imports in the country have become almost negligible at around 0.02 per cent of domestic demand in 2024-25 from 75 per cent 10 years ago, according to data shared in
SIIM and CMA CGM sign strategic tropical fruit agreement
RUNGIS: SIIM ((Société Internationale d’Importation de Fruits et Légumes) and CMA CGM have signed a strategic agreement for 2026 covering the weekly transport of more than 70 refrigerated containers of pineapples and bananas from
Gold imports drive biggest-ever monthly trade gap in October: RBI Bulletin
NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise trade deficit widened to an all-time high of $41.7 billion in October 2025, driven by a sharp increase in gold and silver imports and a renewed contraction in exports, according
India’s largest conglomerate stops Russian oil imports amid global pressure
NEW DELHI : India’s largest conglomerate Reliance Industries, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has stopped importing Russian crude oil for its export-only refining unit at Jamnagar in the western state of Gujarat. The move
DRI seizes smuggled 30,000 pieces firecrackers worth ₹5 crore at Mundra Port; one arrested
MUNDRA : In a continued effort under operation “Fire Trail” to counter illicit import of firecrackers, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), has successfully busted another sophisticated smuggling attempt involving the illegal import of