Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
Seek withdrawal of PIDF from basmati varieties A heavy dose of taxes has made the rice industry economically unviable in the state and were being forced to move out of other states where the tax structure was more rational. The Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association said here today that …
Shillong: Coal exports from Meghalaya to Bangladesh will resume on Monday after the neighbouring country lifted its ban, official sources said. The ban on coal from Meghalaya was imposed by Bangladesh on June 30 citing high sulphur content which caused pollution, but was lifted after a fortnight as brick kilns …
Coal exports from Meghalaya to Bangladesh will resume tomorrow after the neighbouring country lifted its ban, official sources said, reports PTI. The ban on coal from Meghalaya was imposed by Bangladesh on June 30 citing high sulphur content which caused pollution, but was lifted after a fortnight as brick kilns …
Rice output is expected to miss a target of 6 million tonnes in the 2009/10 financial year, but it will still have 3.8 million tonnes in exportable surplus, an industry official said on Thursday. Pakistan, the world's fifth-largest rice exporter, harvested an estimated 6.9 million tonnes of rice from the …
The Matsya Keralam project in the state is aimed at increasing the annual production of freshwater fish in the state to 2 lakh tones per year from the present 75,000 tones, said Fisheries Minister S Sarma. He was speaking after the inauguration of the second stage of Matsya Keralam project …
George Joseph / Kochi July 15, 2009, 0:52 IST Russia has dealt a blow to Indian marine product exporters by banning imports from India. The ban has come into effect from the beginning of this month. To add to the woes of these exporters, the European Union
For handling the highest volume of exports and imports SIIL imported 17.55 lakh tonnes of Copper Concentrate and Rock Phosphate Volume of exports handled through Tuticorin Port by SIIL was 7.39 lakh tonnes Tuticorin: Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL) has won the prestigious award for excellence in traffic performance for …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Even as Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar exuded confidence about kharif prospects, a ban has been imposed on wheat export. Within 10 days of allowing a shipment of nine lakh tonnes of wheat on July 3, the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade on Monday rescinded the order with …
In the first signs of worry over a possible drop in grain output due to a poor monsoon, the government has cancelled licences for limited export of wheat barely 10 days after these were issued. The Director General of Foreign Trade said on Monday that the government decided to
With the deficient monsoon bringing to the forefront concerns about inadequate foodgrain production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to work on the modalities of the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA). The EGoM comprises Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, …
The weather condition and shortage of rainfall have seriously affected tea production not only in India but also in other tea producing countries of the world. However, despite shortage of production, India
Ahead Of G-8 Summit, Manmohan Says Protectionism Will Only Make Matters Worse Diwakar | TNN Rome: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Rome on Tuesday evening ahead of the G-8 summit in L
KENDRAPARA: Fate of large number of shrimp farmers and seafood exporters hangs in balance due to slipshod attitude of the Fisheries Department, alleged Gorachand Mohanty, president of Orissa chapter of Sea Food Exporters
India today lifted a 28-month ban on wheat export by allowing export of 900,000 tonnes of the grain by government-owned trading agencies. Export of 650,000 tonnes of wheat products like wheat flour and maida has also been permitted, according to a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade …
Gaining access to the territorial waters of many developing countries has been a goal of expanding global capital in recent years. It comes in different forms and under different names but with the single objective of extracting profits for big business. The European Union (EU) is at the forefront of …
One of the main objectives of this Report is to analyze whether WTO provisions provide a balance between supplying governments with necessary flexibility to face difficult economic situations and adequately defining them in a way that limits their use for protectionist purposes. In analyzing this question, the Report focuses primarily …
Of the innumerable natural resources in India, people are mostly ignorant about the potential of Minor Forest Products (MFPs)/Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) which have been the chief recipient of poor attention. This study is mainly based on secondary data obtained from export-import trade statistics in India.
