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Zim, India Trade Set to Grow

A 16-MEMBER delegation from India, headed by Industry and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, is in the country for the 3rd session of the Zimbabwe-India joint trade committee meeting to explore ways to enhance trade between the countries. This latest meeting comes as both countries have admitted there is need to help Zimbabwe value add on its largely raw material exports to India to increase returns as the trade balance is also hugely tipped in the latter's favour.

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Pakistan envoy sanguine on trade relations

Stressing that normalisation of trade between India and Pakistan was very important for stabilising relations, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir on Thursday indicated that more decisions to improve trade ties were likely to be taken in the coming weeks and months. Refusing to speculate on when the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status would be conferred on India, Mr. Bashir said: “We are, in a way, satisfied on trade with India.

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26K tonne grapes exported

Severe water scarcity in the state has not impacted the export of grapes as growers this year have exported 11,000 tonne more grapes than the previous year. Grapes are largely cultivated in Nashik, Sangli, Pune, Latur, Osmanabad, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad and Beed districts of Maharashtra. Many of these places are drought-prone. The state has recorded 26,234 tonne grape export so far in the current year, as against 15,330 tonne in March 2012. The export will continue till mid April, a senior officer from state horticulture department said.

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India Lays Down Strategy to Broaden Trade With Africa

The India sub-continent is not content with the current trade levels between it and the 54 African economies; and it is not sitting pretty. It is taking the bold step of courting African countries in the best way it can. At a India-Africa Project Partnership Conclave held last week in New Delhi, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the India Exim Bank, one thing was clear: India is not wasting chances in linking up with business leaders in Africa and governments.