The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Iran last week, including penalties on the Islamic Republic’s metals and some senior leaders, following Tehran’s attack on U.S. military bases. The sanctions target steel, aluminum, copper and iron, as well as eight senior Iranian officials and sectors of the economy, such as construction, manufacturing, textiles and mining, […]
The Indian government has discussed measures to reduce dependency on Gulf for meeting its oil demand with the global oil supplies anticipated to get disrupted in the wake of the killing of Iranian commander, General Qassem Soleimani, in a US drone strike in Baghdad. Following the death of Iran’s top commander, senior officials of the […]
The death of Iran’s most powerful military commander could send jitters to India’s multi-billion dollar basmati rice export industry, reports Financial Express. With dues soaring over Rs 800-900 crore, industry insiders have said that the news of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani could make matters worse for an industry which sent one-third of its total shipments […]
“Iran would have earned $200 billion surplus income…if the country were not involved in an economic war,” President Hassan Rohani made the comments while launching a railway project near Tehran on December 31. The United States imposed new sanctions against Iran after Washington abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal in which Iran agreed to curb its controversial nuclear […]
India’s basmati rice shipments declined by a tenth at $2.22 billion during April- October 2019-20 on lower volumes, despite a marginal increase in per unit realisation, according to the latest figures released by the Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Commerce Ministry. Exports of basmati stood at $2.47 billion in the […]
The United States has surpassed Kuwait to become India’s sixth largest oil supplier as it supplied 70 per cent more crude to the world’s third largest energy consumer during April-September. According to data furnished by the oil ministry to parliamentary committee, the US supplied 5.4 million tonnes of crude oil during the first six months […]
Iran is set to overtake Russia this year as the largest importer of Indian tea, despite the US sanctions on trade that it is facing, says a report in Business Standard. Exports to Iran hit a record high of 43.76 million kg (mkg) this year till September 2019, earning India a forex of $172.84 million. Sources said owing to the […]
The domestic paddy prices are staging a modest recovery in the current procurement season after hitting rock bottom levels not long ago coupled with a rugged export market scenario. At the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX), the paddy (1121 variety) prices were trading at Rs 3,260 per quintal (100 kg), up by 3.55 per cent, as […]
India’s soybean meal exports in oil year 2019-20 is estimated at 10 lakh tonness, 11.8 lakh tonness lower as compared to last years’ shipment of 21.79 lakh tonnes, according to the Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA). In addition to a lower crop yield, lack of clarity in continuation of the incentive under the MEIS […]
Iran has claimed to have discovered a new oilfield in the southwest of the country that has the potential to boost its reserves by about a third, President Hassan Rouhani said to Reuters. “Workers and the exploration arm of the National Iranian Oil Company…have found an oilfield with 53 billion barrels of reserves,” Rouhani said […]
