Exports to India hit 4yr low, China boom
July 14, 2014 12:14
Export earnings from India hit four-year low at $456.63 million in the just concluded financial year 2013-14 while the exports to China skyrocketed by 62.85 per cent in the fiscal year.
Experts and exporters said that the export to India witnessed a decreasing trend due to non-tariff barriers and devaluation of the currency of the country.
On the other hand the export to China is booming as the country is moving towards high-end products from basic products and extended zero-tariff excess to Bangladeshi products. According to the Export Promotion Bureau data, the export earnings from India posted a 19.03-per cent negative growth from $563.96 million of the FY 2012-2013.
The export earnings from China increased to $746.19 million in the FY14 from $458.18 million reading on the incredible growth of exports of RMG and leather and leather products, the EPB data showed.
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Because Fm increased Tariff duties,
Import duty on cars jumped from 80% to 160% for CBU cars, and CKD cars also, which forces luxuries car maker to setup plants and increase localization of components
there are plenty such jumps, look at 2011-12, 2012-13 , 2013-14 financial budgets and import duty jumps
Its good that India's imports less, saves us dollar reserves, in the same time we should focus on local production
US, EU and China have greater power than india and can force india to oblige in fair trade. Even then india is identified as one of the worse practitioner of trade barriers.
Look at anti-dumping duty these country enforce when your product reaches their ports.
All countries do it for their economic interest. I am happy India enforces such duties
Not surprising. Even after all the fancy shows about promoting exports to India.
India hasn't been a attractive market for Bangladeshi exporters. And probably remain that way for quite sometime. Though, that is not to say that it is so just because India is "poor" or something.
Even without the AL, the result would have been the same.
There are many factors for this.
Because india tries to protect its domestic industries, esp textile, currently our textile is in a turn around stage where the production houses are planning upgrades and cotton farming needs a relook
Important stage to harness their growth
What indian policy to increase manufacturing capability has to do with trade barrier and fraud india used against smaller countries? Again, I am not sure what level of education and understanding you have but you sure can use some.
simple increase local manufacturing, 600 million Indians need to be uplifted sir, we need more and more local manufacturing that aim at export or local consumption
Every un-required import kills jobs