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  • MC Exclusive: India waiting to see what Tesla offers; value additions vital for sops: Govt official May 17, 2023 05:05 PM IST

    MC Exclusive: India waiting to see what Tesla offers; value additions vital for sops: Govt official

    This visit could mark a turning point in the relationship between India and Tesla, as the EV maker is yet to establish a notable presence in the country.

  • Govt exempts import duty on drugs, food for special medical purposes for personal use to treat rare diseases March 30, 2023 11:55 AM IST

    Govt exempts import duty on drugs, food for special medical purposes for personal use to treat rare diseases

    The import duty waiver will come into effect from April 1.

  • Budget 2023: Import duty hike of compounded rubber to benefit rubber farmers February 01, 2023 04:06 PM IST

    Budget 2023: Import duty hike of compounded rubber to benefit rubber farmers

    The increase will plug a loophole that enables natural rubber to be imported at a lower duty by passing it off as compounded rubber.

  • SEA seeks hike in RBD palmolein import duty to 20% to protect domestic refiners January 09, 2023 06:14 PM IST

    SEA seeks hike in RBD palmolein import duty to 20% to protect domestic refiners

    The low duty difference of 7.5 per cent is a boon for Indonesian and Malaysian refiners.

  • Higher import duties limiting export growth: Arvind Panagariya July 20, 2022 08:49 PM IST

    Higher import duties limiting export growth: Arvind Panagariya

    The ex-NITI Aayog Vice Chairman said studies have shown that import duties have been raised on as many as 3000 tariff lines in recent years.

  • Ideas for Profit | Thangamayil Jewellery: 25% correction in stock price offers a good entry point? July 14, 2022 08:41 PM IST

    Ideas for Profit | Thangamayil Jewellery: 25% correction in stock price offers a good entry point?

    Thangamayil Jewellery mentions in its annual report that June’22 quarter was its best ever quarter in history. While the stock has corrected by about 25 percent in the past six months, market share gains from unorganised players provides a huge growth opportunity. MC Pro recommends long-term investors to add the stock to their portfolio. Here's why!

  • Lower tariffs on scotch whiskey re-emerge as pain point in India-UK trade talks June 29, 2022 01:03 PM IST

    Lower tariffs on scotch whiskey re-emerge as pain point in India-UK trade talks

    India had earlier offered the UK lower duties on alcohol, but the UK has demanded an immediate and steep reduction of tariffs.

  • Import duty waiver on cotton: Piyush Goyal tells concerned authorities to finalise matter early May 30, 2022 04:15 PM IST

    Import duty waiver on cotton: Piyush Goyal tells concerned authorities to finalise matter early

    The minister for Textiles and Commerce & Industry held an interactive meeting with the newly constituted Textile Advisory Group in Mumbai on Saturday to address issues relating to augmenting present supplies of cotton and also strengthening productivity.

  • Auto industry anticipates steel prices to cool off post duty revisions May 24, 2022 10:26 PM IST

    Auto industry anticipates steel prices to cool off post duty revisions

    Ultimately, if prices of this important raw material do dip, it would help auto OEMs in better cost management, right-pricing to improve affordability and generate demand from consumers, and eventually margin expansion

  • EEPC predicts steel product prices to fall by 10% for primary producers May 23, 2022 10:21 AM IST

    EEPC predicts steel product prices to fall by 10% for primary producers

    This would benefit the engineering goods manufacturers and their exports to become more competitive in the global markets, said EEPC India chairman Mahesh Desai

  • Govt waives import duty on some raw materials for steel industry, export duty on iron ore hiked up to 50% May 22, 2022 11:00 AM IST

    Govt waives import duty on some raw materials for steel industry, export duty on iron ore hiked up to 50%

    The tax on the export of iron ores and concentrates has been hiked to 50 per cent, from 30 per cent, while that on iron pellets a 45 per cent duty has been imposed

  • Removal of import duty on cotton welcomed April 14, 2022 08:08 PM IST

    Removal of import duty on cotton welcomed

    South India Small Spinners Association (SISPA) on Thursday said the removal of import duty would help the mills affected by frequent rise in the cotton prices to buy cotton at cheaper prices and also help more arrivals, SISPA president J Selvan said in a statement.

  • Exclusive| India-Australia interim trade deal to allow Aussie wine but not dairy, say sources March 21, 2022 03:00 PM IST

    Exclusive| India-Australia interim trade deal to allow Aussie wine but not dairy, say sources

    Discussions on market access for Australian dairy products and meat, apart from Australia’s discomfort with opening up services exports, are the major sticking points in the deal, talks on which had begun in 2011.

  • India-UAE trade deal| First major trade pact under Modi govt set to boost jewellery, apparel exports February 17, 2022 05:36 PM IST

    India-UAE trade deal| First major trade pact under Modi govt set to boost jewellery, apparel exports

    The ‘early harvest’ deal includes tariff reduction and market access for more exports, and will be followed by a comprehensive free trade agreement later. Announced in September 2021, negotiations on the deal were completed in record time.

  • Effective import duty on crude palm oil cut to 5.5% to cool edible oil prices February 13, 2022 08:02 AM IST

    Effective import duty on crude palm oil cut to 5.5% to cool edible oil prices

    The CBIC in a notification also extended the validity of reduced import duty on crude palm oil and other crude oils by six months till September 30.

  • ‘Monsoon blues’: Indian Twitter unhappy with umbrellas becoming dearer, diamonds cheaper February 02, 2022 09:22 AM IST

    ‘Monsoon blues’: Indian Twitter unhappy with umbrellas becoming dearer, diamonds cheaper

    Union Budget 2022: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget speech on February 1 that customs duty on imported umbrellas will be raised for 10 percent to 20 percent.

  • Union Budget 2022 | Government brings customs duties further in line with Aatmanirbhar Bharat goals February 01, 2022 01:43 PM IST

    Union Budget 2022 | Government brings customs duties further in line with Aatmanirbhar Bharat goals

    Union Budget 2022: For electronics, customs duty rates will also be calibrated to provide a graded rate structure to facilitate domestic manufacturing

  • Exclusive| Budget to hold the reins on raising import duties, sources say January 29, 2022 04:50 PM IST

    Exclusive| Budget to hold the reins on raising import duties, sources say

    A slowly stabilizing trade deficit has given the government room to put off raising import duties at the moment, sources say.

  • Tesla can bring in cars as knocked-down kits to work around import duty, say government sources after Elon Musk bemoans India red tape January 13, 2022 12:31 PM IST

    Tesla can bring in cars as knocked-down kits to work around import duty, say government sources after Elon Musk bemoans India red tape

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk had tweeted on Wednesday that the company is "still working through a lot of challenges with the government" to launch its cars in India.

  • What’s the update on Tesla’s India launch? Elon Musk responds January 13, 2022 09:34 AM IST

    What’s the update on Tesla’s India launch? Elon Musk responds

    Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, said his company is "still working through a lot of challenges with the government".

  • Government turns up heat to cool down edible oil prices October 18, 2021 01:29 PM IST

    Government turns up heat to cool down edible oil prices

    Sharp cuts in duty rates and imposition of stock limits have set the stage for a climbdown in edible oil prices. Will consumers benefit?

  • Govt cuts import taxes on vegetable oils to calm prices September 11, 2021 05:54 PM IST

    Govt cuts import taxes on vegetable oils to calm prices

    The base import tax on crude palm oil has been slashed to 2.5 percent from 10 percent, while the tax on crude soyoil and crude sunflower oil has been reduced to 2.5 percent from 7.5 percent, the government said in a notification late on Friday.

  • Explained | What is the inverted duty structure and why is the GST Council talking about it? May 28, 2021 01:41 PM IST

    Explained | What is the inverted duty structure and why is the GST Council talking about it?

    Increasingly raised by domestic industry in a year marred by volatility in trade and rising costs, the issue of the inverted duty structure has re-acquired prominence. While everyone - from businesses, the Centre, state governments and tax authorities - unanimously think it's a problem, the responsibility of how to solve it has again been thrust upon the GST Council, the constitutional body that makes recommendations to the Union and state governments on issues related to GST.

  • Exclusive | GST Council may take up issue of inverted duty structure on May 28 May 27, 2021 02:36 PM IST

    Exclusive | GST Council may take up issue of inverted duty structure on May 28

    The structure leads to working capital challenges for businesses and creates additional compliance requirements and ultimately more costs. Demands from domestic industry to fix the anomaly has gained pace since the pandemic-induced industrial slowdown began.

  • Hike import duty on palm stearin in line with CPO: SEA March 22, 2021 04:42 PM IST

    Hike import duty on palm stearin in line with CPO: SEA

    Palm stearin, a by-product of CPO, is used in the food industry for the production of bakery fats like Vanaspati and margarine shortenings. It is also used in the cosmetics and personal care industry.