The demand is real and growing fast According to a report from trade association India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s advanced chemistry cell (ACC) battery demand stood at 28 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2025, split roughly between EVs (~60%) and stationary/grid storage (~40%). A projection by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and...Read More
The Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI) has projected growing demand for export failure insurance products amid rising global geopolitical tensions that are affecting the stability and certainty of international trade for Indonesian exporters. Spokespeople from LPEI said that trade credit insurance makes up 90% of insurance in the country. The growth potential for export failure...Read More
Wassim al-Adawi | Muwafaq Al-Khouja Since imports were opened after the fall of the regime, Syrian roads have become a completely different scene. Hundreds of thousands of cars and vehicles flowed into the country within a few months, in one of the largest import waves the Syrian market has seen in decades. The wave left...Read More
Vijayawada:The MSME Growth Summit 2026, aiming to strengthen the MSME ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh, witnessed the signing of several strategic pacts with leading firms Meta Platforms, Amazon and Zoho Corporation in the presence of the chief minister here on Monday. The Andhra Pradesh MSME Development Corporation also launched initiatives aimed at accelerating startup growth, digital...Read More
The government has increased the import duty on gold and other precious metals, which will take effect from today. In a statement, the Ministry of Finance said that Gold and Silver findings will attract 5 percent duty, while platinum findings will attract a 5.4 percent duty. Furthermore, precious metal spent catalyst is set at 4.35...Read More
CHICAGO – Chicago corn and soybean futures ticked up on Friday, supported by strong exports and traders squaring positions ahead of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. Beneficial U.S. weather capped prices, and wheat futures fell. The most-active corn contract on the Chicago Board of Trade rose 1 cent to settle at $4.63-1/4 a bushel. Soybeans ended...Read More
Indians thronged jewellery shops, rushed to purchase exchange traded funds (ETF) and purchased digital gold units (currently unregulated) through e-commerce platforms, jewellers and refiners owing to a near doubling of import duty and associated cess on gold purchases. Starting May 13, 2026, the basic customs duty on gold was enhanced to 10% (5% earlier), while...Read More
Our messaging about the importance of driving agricultural exports has, in the recent past, primarily focused on fruits, red meat and wine. We didn’t mention grains and oilseeds much. Part of the reason is that the grains (mainly maize) industry is one of the most established agricultural industries, with generally stable export markets in the...Read More
Import-export trade through Benapole, the country’s largest land port, will remain suspended for seven consecutive days on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Port operations, customs activities, and cargo clearance services will be closed from May 25 to May 31, resuming from the morning of June 1. However, passenger movement with valid passports will continue uninterrupted during...Read More
May 24, 2026Aizawl, IANS35 Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, popularly known as Lalan Singh, said on Sunday that the Centre aims to make Mizoram not only self-sufficient in fish production but also a fish-exporting state in the future. The Union Minister also assured full support for various development-oriented...Read More
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