Tanners, leather exporters want import duty cut on chemicals

FashionNetAsia (FNA) is pleased to publish the following interview with Shri Rajendra K. Jalan, Chairman, Chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports (CLE) in the lead up to the 2013 APLF events to be held in Hong Kong from march 25th ? 27th.

Even with a marginal, three per cent growth in FY13, the total export value of Indian leather and leather goods touched an unprecedented $5 billion, riding a pick-up in orders from the European Region. The leather industry projects 15-20 per cent ...

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today proposed tax incentives to increase shipments of labour-intensive sectors such as leather, much to the cheer of exporters. "I look forward to the changes that will be made to the Foreign Trade Policy next month and I ...

InfodriveIndia.com, India's premier research company in export import market research, announced today that India's Articles of Leather, Saddlery and Harness, Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers exports in March- 2013 has grew to US$ ...

Exporters are expected to get a hefty stimulus package tomorrow when the government unveils the annual supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014. The package, expected to be worth Rs 1,5002,000 crore, will have special incentives for ...

One thing stood out for me during President Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration speech on Tuesday 9th April, 2013— the need to enhance value addition in all our products and services. Said Uhuru: For too long our nation has exported jobs that should ...

India's exports fell close to 2 per cent in 2012-13 to $300 billion and trade deficit widened nearly $191 billion as demand for goods slowed in western economies. The government announced some relief to exporters and extended incentives to labour-intensive ...

Exports of Turkish goods to Azerbaijan hit $631.3 million in the first quarter of 2013 or 9.7 per cent more compared to the same period of 2012, a report from the Turkish Council of Exporters published on its official website, said today. Turkish ...

Pakistan to likely fetch above $200m orders in leather show By Razi Syed KARACHI: Pakistan is all set to fetch more than $200 million orders of leather and leather garments products from Asian Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) Hong Kong. The member units ...