US wines, spirits, dry fruits to enter India at lower or zero duty under trade pactIndia-US trade deal: India and the US on Saturday announced that they have reached a framework for the first phase of the bilateral trade a...
07 Feb, 2026, 07.49 PM IST
Piyush Goyal says farmers safe in US trade deal; India didn't budge on its red linesIndia has secured its farmers' interests in the new trade agreement with the US, with Trade Minister Piyush Goyal confirming no genetically...
07 Feb, 2026, 06.54 PM IST
Indian spices, tea exporters get a breather as Trump lowers tariffsUS President Donald Trump has reduced import duties on nearly 200 agricultural and food products, benefiting Indian suppliers of spices, te...
16 Nov, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
GST 2.0 is here: From namkeens to biscuits, your kirana basket just got cheaperIndia's GST 2.0 slashes taxes on mass-consumed goods like namkeens and biscuits, aiming to ease household budgets and stimulate demand. Thi...
03 Sep, 2025, 11.25 PM IST
India seeks duty concession on cars, commercial vehicles, machinery in FTA with Sri LankaIndia is seeking customs duty concessions on goods such as cars, commercial vehicles, and machinery from Sri Lanka under a comprehensive fr...
04 Aug, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Nhava Sheva Customs intercepts 189 MTs of areca nuts, one heldIndian Customs seized 189.6 MTs of Areca Nuts valued at Rs. 9.63 crores in a crackdown on smuggling. The items were mis-declared in import ...
03 Jun, 2024, 11.07 PM IST
50 Indian items face heat as US revokes duty-free privileges on import of 90 productsUS revoked duty-free concessions on import of nearly 50 Indian products, mostly from handloom & agri sectors.
01 Nov, 2018, 07.08 PM IST
Arecanut output expected to drop due to heavy rains, illegal imports“We expect 35 per cent shortfall in the crop. Rains have led to disease of the nuts,” said M Suresh Bhandary, MD of Mangalore-based Campco.
18 Oct, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
Big imports from Nepal, Sri Lanka pull down areca nut pricesAbout a year ago, India had raised the tariff to Rs 110 per kg from Rs 75 to help local growers by increasing the cost of imports.
25 Dec, 2014, 04.13 AM IST
Government raises tariff value on gold, silverGovernment today raised the import tariff value on gold and silver to USD 421 per 10 grams and USD 663 per kg, respectively.
14 Feb, 2014, 09.51 PM IST
Government slashes tariff value on imported gold & silverThe government slashed the import tariff value on gold and silver to $405 per ten gram and $642 per kg, respectively, in line with global t...
30 Nov, 2013, 08.07 AM IST
Government cuts import tariff on goldThe import tariff value is the base price at which the customs duty is determined to prevent under-invoicing.
13 Nov, 2013, 07.57 PM IST
Government hikes tariff value on imported gold to $442 per ten gramThe government hiked the import tariff value of gold to $442 per ten gram in line with global prices of the precious metal.
30 Oct, 2013, 01.20 PM IST
Budget 2011: Finance Bill 2011A BILL to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2011-2012. Be it enacted by Parliament in...
01 Mar, 2011, 01.30 AM IST