Cabinet grants duty waiver on import of new e-buses, trucks The cabinet meeting was held at the Cabinet Room at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Sunday evening, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Photo: Prime Minister’s Office DHAKA, May 3, 2026 (BSS) – The cabinet today approved a proposal granting a massive waiver of customs duties...Read More

The government has asked exporters to continue their business with West Asia as a full government support ecosystem is in place and requests for assistance under various schemes and Export Promotion Mission (EPM) are being processed quickly. The government has also asked them to frame proposals for starting warehousing or other means of storing merchandise...Read More

The Union Cabinet is expected to approve a Rs 37,500 crore incentive scheme to promote coal gasification projects aimed at boosting clean energy production and reducing import dependence. The Coal Ministry has prepared a Cabinet note with the financial outlay, marking a significant expansion from the Rs 8,500 crore programme approved in January 2024. The...Read More

istock.com/scyther5 | Photo Credit: scyther5 India’s services exports have emerged as a key pillar of external sector resilience, according to the Finance Ministry’s April Monthly Economic Review, with robust growth helping cushion widening merchandise trade pressures. The report underlined that “services exports continue to provide thrust to the country’s total exports,” reflecting sustained global demand...Read More

In the corresponding period of ****, imports totalled **,***.* million rand. South Africa remains structurally dependent on imported textiles and apparel, sourcing heavily from low-cost Asian supply chains, particularly China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam, due to limited cost competitiveness, scale constraints, ageing machinery, and persistent manufacturing bottlenecks in its domestic textile and apparel industry....Read More

WASHINGTON, D..C. (RFD NEWS) — Corn led the latest weekly export sales report, while soybean sales softened and cotton shipments stayed active. USDA said buyers booked about 62.9 million bushels of old-crop corn during the week ending April 23, up 21 percent from the previous week, while corn exports reached 63.4 million bushels. Soybean sales...Read More

Afghanistan’s domestic oil production is steadily increasing under the Islamic Emirate’s initiatives, marking a significant step toward reducing the country’s heavy dependence on imported fuel. According to official data, locally produced oil currently accounts for 15.7 percent of Afghanistan’s total oil consumption. However, new extraction programs are expected to boost this share substantially...Read More