Govt extends minimum import price on natural honey till December 31In a recent development, India's government has announced an extension of the minimum import price for natural honey, now effective until D...
10 Apr, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
Synthetic knitted fabrics MIP norms not for EOUs, SEZs: GovtThe government has announced an exemption from the minimum import price (MIP) of $3.5 per kg on certain synthetic knitted fabrics for advan...
23 Apr, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
MIP may be woven into textiles as imports riseThe Indian government is considering imposing minimum import prices (MIP) on certain textile products, including viscose rayon yarn and wov...
18 Nov, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
Industry concerned over increase in cheaper Sri Lanka pepper importsThis happened at a time when pepper prices in Sri Lanka crashed to $2,800 from $3,800 per tonne, while the MIP in India was $7,000 per tonn...
23 Sep, 2019, 11.08 AM IST
Government to examine steel players' demand for MIP on steel: OfficialIn a meeting on February 6, major steel players, including SAIL and JSW Steel, requested the steel ministry to impose an MIP on all steel p...
17 Feb, 2019, 12.14 PM IST
Kerala HC stays MIP of Rs 500/kg on pepper for nowThe court observed that only the Central government had the power to issue notification framing or amending the Exim Policy under section 3...
25 Jul, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
Pepper exporters hope Centre will scrap minimum import price to boost tradeKarnataka’s farmers had argued that large-scale imports were pushing down prices.
21 May, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
Pepper traders call for raising import duty of pepper from Sri LankaIt is feared that consignments of Brazilian pepper that has landed in Nhava Sheva port for local market by paying 70% duty but by not payin...
20 Feb, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
India conveys reason to WTO for MIP on steel: Chaudhary Birender SinghJapan has dragged India to the World Trade Organization against certain measures taken by New Delhi on imports of iron and steel products.
21 Feb, 2017, 03.03 PM IST
New import policy for marbles, blocks form October 1The objective of the new policy is to balance the interests of domestic consumers, producers and processors, and to end the cumbersome lice...
18 Sep, 2016, 04.49 PM IST
Extending minimum import price for flat steel too little, too late: ICRAOn expiry of the six months validity of the minimum import price levied on steel imports, government extended the MIP further by a period o...
08 Aug, 2016, 07.18 PM IST
Government extends MIP on 66 iron, steel products for 2 months"MIP for 66 (steel products) is extended till October 4 this year," Director General of Foreign Trade Anup Wadhawan said in a notification ...
05 Aug, 2016, 03.33 PM IST
Top steelmakers JSW Steel, Tata Steel demand extension of MIP to a yearMIP is seen as one of the toughest protective trade measures that a country can impose. It sets a price below which imports are not allowed...
03 Aug, 2016, 09.57 AM IST
Domestic steel makers push for continuation of minimum import priceThe protectionist measure, introduced by the government in February on 173 steel items for six months, is due to end on August 5.
26 Jul, 2016, 08.40 PM IST
Domestic steel makers push for continuation of minimum import priceThe protectionist measure, introduced by the government in February on 173 steel items for six months, is due to end on August 5.
26 Jul, 2016, 07.38 PM IST
Domestic steel production spurt unlikely to continue beyond August: Ind-RaPost MIP, there was minimal growth in domestic steel production during February and March 2016, with total steel production growing by a me...
20 Jul, 2016, 04.07 PM IST
Steel imports to dip in FY17; prices to rise Rs 3,400/tn: ICRAIndian steel imports will go down substantially in FY17 on the back of imposition of minimum import price while domestic steel prices are l...
12 Feb, 2016, 10.13 PM IST