For the first time a Bangladeshi importer, Nita Company, imported 36 Tata Motors pickup vans worth Rs 1.23 crores by paying in Indian rupees at Benapole Land Port. The trade in Indian rupees was earlier inaugurated on July 11, by the Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Raof Talukder and Indian High
Banks of 22 countries have opened Rupee Vostro accounts in Indian banks in order to trade in the Indian currency as part of gradual plan to veer away from dollar payment. “This would enable exporters and importers to invoice and pay in their respective domestic currencies enabling the development of a bilateral foreign exchange market,” […]
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has implemented the Advance Authorisation Scheme under the Foreign Trade Policy, which allows duty-free import of inputs for export purposes. “The eligibility of inputs is determined by Sector-specific Norms Committees based on input-output norms,” a PIB press release stated. To make the norms fixation process more efficient,
Merchandise exports from India plunged 22 percent from a year ago month to $32.97 billion in June 2023, due to weakening global demand and inflationary trends in developed countries. Indian merchandise imports also fell 17.5 percent year on year to $53.10 billion in the previous month. Trade deficit however narrowed in the earlier month to […]