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India aims to recycle 16,000 ships in next decade: Union Minister SonowalIndia is set to recycle approximately 16,000 ships in the coming decade, backed by an $8 billion financial commitment. Over 30 Indian ship ...
India emerges as world's top ship-recycling nation in 2025The country's share in global ship recycling surged to 35.4% in 2025, with a significant increase in recycled tonnage. This achievement, ex...
India achieves MIV 2030 ship-recycling goal ahead of scheduleIndia has surged to become the world's leading ship-recycling nation in 2025, achieving this milestone ahead of schedule. This significant ...
Engineering Goods exports stay positive despite West Asia crisis, rise 9% in April,2026While most regions saw gains, WANA and ASEAN experienced declines. The industry emphasizes addressing non-tariff barriers to maximize FTA b...
UN warns of higher food prices, cost-of-living if Strait of Hormuz shutsGlobal trade faces major risks as the United Nations warns of soaring food prices and living costs. Military actions in West Asia have disr...
UN eyes modest 2024 maritime trade growth, but future uncertainThe United Nations' trade and development agency, UNCTAD, highlighted in its annual report on maritime transport that the global economy, f...
UNCTAD cautions on geopolitical tensions, climate change impact on global tradeThe ongoing crisis in the Red Sea shipping route is causing disruptions in global trade, raising concerns about its impact on developing na...
Bright spot: UNCTAD raises India growth estimate to 6.6% for 2023The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has raised its economic growth forecast for India in 2023 to 6.6%, up from the previous...
Ukraine war to hit foreign direct investment: UNGlobal FDI recovered to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, reaching nearly $1.6 trillion, but this is unlikely to be sustained in 2022, said the ...
UNCTAD cuts India’s 2022 growth forecast to 4.6% from 6.7%The downgrade is attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from...
Shipping rate surge threatens global economy recovery, UNCTAD saysA surge in demand for consumer goods during the pandemic has created major supply bottlenecks around the world, which has impacted the supp...
Views: Lessons from UNCTAD for India on how to avoid Vodafone, Cairn-like tax tusslesUnctad recommends ‘defining [the] FET clause based on its meaning under international customary law, using an exhaustive list of state of o...
Global goods trade to fall 27% in Q2 after 5% decline in first quarter: UNCTADIn April, developing countries in South Asia and the Middle East suffered the steepest decline in exports while those in East Asia and the ...
Trade impact of Coronavirus epidemic for India estimated at 348 million dollars: UN reportEstimates published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Wednesday said that the slowdown of manufacturing in Chi...
India's total merchandise export valued at $321 bn in 2014India's total merchandise export for 2014 was valued at $321 billion against $314 billion in the previous year, a UNCTAD report today said.
- Global economic growth to slow down to 3.1% in 2011: UNCTAD
Projecting a slowdown in global economic growth to around 3%, a UN agency said developing economies could be affected by recession.
- Global economic winter to cool India's growth to 5 pc: UNCTAD
With the global "economic winter" being far from over, the UN body UNCTAD on Monday projected much lower growth of five per cent for India ...
- 'Digital divide' widens between rich and poor countries: UNCTAD
The "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is growing with developing countries still far behind in the use of broadband internet...
- UNCTAD predicts global growth at 3.4pc
The report, based on data from 2006 and early 2007, says the main risk to this positive scenario is a major recession in the US which can s...
- 'Pakistan will gain more from Safta'
As India waits for the next Safta ministerial council to take up the issue of Pakistan violating the regional trade agreement, a study show...