Jewellery exporters welcome Exim policy
The jewellery exporting community has welcomed the broadening of the provisions of the new Exim policy announced last Saturday by the Commerce Minster Murosoli Maran.

Market access initiative to boost leather exports -- CLE
Council for Leather Exports (CLE), targeting a 2.83 per cent share in the global trade with plans for exports of $3,065 million by 2004-05, is upbeat about the revised exim policy.

Lifting of QRs to hit Kerala agri-economy hard
With the lifting of the Quantitative Restrictions (QR), Kerala's agri-economy will be in the doldrums, feel agri-produce traders and growers. The floodgates having opened, agricultural produce from different countries are expected to pour in.


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