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Non-tariff barriers make ‘little sense’ of any FTA deal with India

A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India makes "little sense" for Bangladesh if New Delhi does not remove more than a dozen non-tariff and para-tariff barriers to Dhaka's exports, a government study has said. The study said Dhaka needs to sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with New Delhi, which will pave the way for acceptance of Bangladesh's tests and certifications in India, before the two .....

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India-EU should expand trade, security ties: Experts

Recognising each other as important poles in the present multi-polar world, India and European Union (EU) should seek to expand their trade and security relations over the next five years that will help each other tide over economic, development and security challenges. This was the popular refrain at a two-day conference of India-EU Forum on Effective Multilateralism that ended Wednesday, where strategic affairs thinkers, diplomats and .....

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Russia accounts for nearly 8% of global fruit imports

Russia’s share of global fruit imports has reached almost 8% in terms of value and even more in terms of volume over the last few years due to rapidly increasing consumption, according to Fruit-Inform. The main reason for this situation is that the Russian economy is recovering and there is a trend to consume products of higher quality. Furthermore, due to Russia’s ban on vegetable imports from the EU and some other .....

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Vegetables import from India begins

Pakistan has started importing vegetables from India and Iran after losing much of its output to recent rains, market sources told The News. Import from India through Wagah border started this week. Currently 100-150 trucks of tomatoes are reaching daily. India has offered to send up to 400 trucks daily, but Pakistani customs officials clear about 150 trucks, sources said. Pakistan wants to send equal number of trucks to India, but .....