India imports palm oil mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia and a small quantity of crude soft oil from Latin America.
18 Nov 2017 2:04 PM
Union government has also taken the decision to lift the export ban on Tur, Moong Dal and Udid Dal.
10 Nov 2017 6:28 AM
Centre has recently permitted raw sugar import of 0.30 million MT at a concessional duty of 25 per cent.
12 Sep 2017 4:22 PM
Currently import duty on refined palm oils is 15 per cent, while that on crude palm oil is 7.5 per cent.
28 Jul 2017 9:42 AM
Fadnavis said in his letter, higher import duty will give relief to farmers and also an extra excise duty of Rs 8,000 cr to state.
14 Jul 2017 10:57 AM
Shares of Shree Renuka Sugars climbed 5.36 per cent and Dwarikesh Sugar Industries 4.69 per cent on BSE.
11 Jul 2017 1:11 PM
TRAI has fixed July 25 as the last date for submission of interest from entities.
08 Jul 2017 5:03 PM
Government may raise import duty on sugar as cheaper imports are flooding Indian market.
07 Jul 2017 6:02 PM
Government had in April allowed import of 5 lakh tonnes of raw sugar at zero duty to boost domestic supply.
02 Jul 2017 3:00 PM
CBEC halved import duty on certain grades of steel to 5 per cent with a view to cut cost of raw material for domestic industry.
13 Jun 2017 7:39 PM
Total import of the precious metal in the corresponding period of 2015-16 stood at USD 30.71 billion.
09 Apr 2017 11:06 AM
Country's sugar production is projected to drop to 22.5 million tonnes in the ongoing 2016-17.
05 Apr 2017 2:19 PM
Last December, the government had reduced customs duty on wheat to zero from 10 per cent to boost domestic availability.
29 Mar 2017 3:39 AM
As per the government's second estimate, wheat production is estimated at record 96.64 million tonnes in the 2016-17.
28 Mar 2017 1:53 PM
FCI's wheat procurement remained lower at 22.9 MT even during year as private traders were active.
07 Dec 2016 3:20 PM
Govt has increased basic customs duty on ingots and billets, alloy steel and non-alloy long products from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent.
02 Dec 2016 3:57 PM
During April-October 2016-17, exports declined marginally by 0.2 per cent.
02 Dec 2016 2:45 PM
The government will gradually lower the duty from 10 per cent this year to 6 per cent by 2019.
24 Nov 2016 12:28 PM