To address the concerns of developing countries in the proposal that tops the agenda of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Bali ministerial scheduled for early December, India has proposed changes in the trade facilitation agreement.
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The differentiator for FTZs is integration
Srinath Manda says a big difference between UAE and Indian Free Zones (FZs) is scale of operations the latter are promoted as sector-specific zones, so they havenĆā t achieved the scale of integrated ones. Free Zones were conceived to boost exports by creating designated zones free from bureaucratic troubles and more suited for international market.
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India plans to import tariffs on steel products
In order to safeguard the interests of local producers from huge imports, primarily from China and Italy, India plans to impose tariffs on some iron and steel pipes, tubes and profiles. This information is said to be sourced from a filing of India in the World Trade Organization. According to the guidelines of WTO, member countries can impose such tariffs on a temporary basis if they can sho
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Solar cost and tariff may converge by 2017: Experts
IndiaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s National Solar Mission aims to increase solar capacity from 250 MW at the end of 2011 to 20 GW of grid-connected solar alone by 2022. The total installed capacity of grid-connected solar power in India is reported to be 503.9 MW so far.