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India’s exports for the month of April- December 2011 have registered a growth of 25.8%, at US $ 217.6 billion. Interacting with the media persons here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April—December 2011, the imports were US $ 350.9 billion with a growth of 30.4% and a Balance of Trade stood at US $ (-)133.3 billion, during the same period. Shri Khullar also informed that India’s exports in December 2011 were US $ 25 b.. Full Article

India’s exports have registered a growth of 56.9% during May 2011, at US $ 25.9 billion. Interacting with the media persons here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April-May 2011, exports have reached a level of US $ 49.8 billion at a growth of 45.3% while the imports were US $ 73.7 billion with a growth of 33.3% and a trade deficit of US $ 23.9 billion, during the same period. During the interaction, Shri Khullar informed th.. Full Article

India’s exports have registered a growth of 34.4% during April 2011, at US $ 23.9 billion. Stating this at a press interaction here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the interaction, with press, India’s imports in April 2011 were US $ 32.8 billion, which is up by 14.1% Balance of trade for the month of April stood at -8.9 billion US $. Full Article

India’s exports have registered a growth of 36.4% during December 2010, at US $ 22.5 billion. Stating this at a press interaction here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April-December 2010, exports have re Full Article

India’s exports have registered a growth of 21.3% during October 2010, at US $ 18 billion. Stating this at a press interaction here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April-October 2010, exports have reache Full Article

The government today said curbs on cotton exports and the Rs 2,500 per tonne duty on the shipments of the natural fibre would go from October 1. "Cotton exports on Open General Licence (OGL) will be allowed from October 1, which means unrestricted and free exports of cotton. (Also) there will be no export tax on cotton," Full Article

Citing serious fiscal situation, Union Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said that no new incentives and sops could be provided to exporters in the next fiscal in view of significant resource crunch faced by Centre. Khullar tersely told a meeting of exporters last night that the current fiscal situation was so serious that it was not going to be a temporary problem in terms of resource-crunch. Full Article

The government gave in-principle approval to DLF on Tuesday to withdraw four of its IT, ITES special economic zones, which the realty major did not want to build in the face of slowdown in the real estate business. However, the board of approval in the commerce ministry asked the DLF to return all the tax [...] Full Article