Tripura emerging as international trade gateway of northeast: PM Modi

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meghalaya attended the golden jubilee celebration of the North East Council (NEC) and inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects at a public function in Shillong. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Tripura is emerging as an international trade gateway and logistics hub of the northeast due to developments ushered by the double-engine governments of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the centre and in the state. Read Full Details…

PM opens month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2023 at Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal. The prime minister opened the fair at an event as the chief guest. Some 17 organisations from 10 countries including Singapore, Indonesia, Korea and India alongside local companies are taking part in it. With Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi in the chair, Export Promotion Bureau Vice Chairman AHM Ahasan delivered the welcome address at the inaugural event. Textiles and Jute Minister Read Full Details…

Britain’s new trade chief thinks there’s more to life than trade deals

Britain’s trade chiefs have long loved a headline-grabbing, Instragram-worthy free-trade deal to get the Brexit blood pumping. But Kemi Badenoch has something much less sexy in mind: motorways. The current international trade secretary — a onetime Tory leadership challenger and a firm favorite of the party grassroots — has spent the past few months since taking the reins at the Department for International Trade (DIT) stressing that she sees more to the beat than the host of big-bang agreements struck Read Full Details…

India’s First Digital University Kerala: Explore List of Courses

India’s first Digital University was inaugurated at Mangalapuram near Thirubanthpuram in Kerala. It was established by upgrading the two-decade-old Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K) as “Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology”. Explore all about Digital University Kerala. Digital University Kerala: List of Courses Offered Post Doctoral Programmes Doctoral Programmes: 1. Regular 2. Industry Regular Programmes 3. Integrated Programmes 4. Part-time Programmes Post Graduate Programmes: 1. M.Tech Programmes 2. M.Sc Programmes Diploma Programme: e-governance Certificate Read Full Details…

Morocco’s Trade Deficit Soars By 57% Amid Lingering Energy, Food Price Shock

The rise reflects the fact that the monetary value of the country’s imports is disproportionately higher than its exports. Rabat – Morocco’s trade deficit soared by nearly 57% at the end of November 2022, triggered by the lingering price shock within the energy and food markets. Trade deficit, which reflects a country’s ability to continue importing products it needs without draining its foreign currency reserves, has been climbing to record heights in Morocco throughout this year. The rise trade deficit Read Full Details…

Latvia’s foreign trade turnover in October 22.2% higher than a year ago

In October 2022 Latvia’s foreign trade turnover accounted for EUR 4.2 billion. In actual prices it was 22.2% higher when compared with the same month of 2021, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. In October Latvia exported goods worth EUR 1.82 billion and imported good worth EUR 2.38 billion. The value of export goods, when compared with the previous month, increased by 15.7%, whereas the value of imported goods increased by 27.6%. Compared with October 2021 Read Full Details…

Blockchain to be used to push farm exports

India’s natural farming could soon get a technological push through blockchain, as the government plans to use the technology across all export-driven crops to increase the country’s food shipments and incentivise farmers to take up chemical-free processes. The Niti Aayog has launched a pilot project in collaboration with the Himachal Pradesh government on apple farming, to ensure quality production while also monitoring the produce across the entire storage and supply chain. After the completion of the pilot project on apples, Read Full Details…

Experts for tapping India’s G20 chair to push for FTAs

Despite headwinds, India’s exports look set to achieving $2 trillion export of goods and services by 2030. New Delhi: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Charles Dickens famous and exhaustively borrowed words finds its latest fitment in the context of India’s exports which amidst economic crisis of the West, geopolitical turmoil brought on by the Russia-Ukraine war and severe supply disruptions, is confidently looking to surpass the phenomenal USD 420 billion earnings in fiscal Read Full Details…

Indonesia to tighten palm oil exports from January 1

Exporters will be allowed to ship six times their domestic sales volume, less than the current ratio of eight times. Indonesia will tighten export rules for palm oil from January 1 by allowing fewer shipments overseas for every tonne sold domestically, in a move aimed at ensuring sufficient domestic supply. Exporters will be allowed to ship six times their domestic sales volume, less than the current ratio of eight times, according to a new regulation reviewed by the Reuters news Read Full Details…

Palm oil ends flat, demand concerns weigh

Malaysian palm oil futures reversed losses on Thursday after trading in a tight range, but the contract ended virtually unchanged, weighed down by sluggish demand and as traders booked profits. The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for March delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 3 ringgit, or 0.07%, to 4,090 ringgit ($925.34) a tonne. Although production is lower, traders are concerned about demand momentum, said Paramalingam Supramaniam, director at Selangor-based brokerage Pelindung Bestari. Palm oil had tracked a Read Full Details…