Dinner Meet with UCSSIC

Principal Advisor to Director General of UNIDO, Mr. Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi feels that African companies can take lots of advantages from R&D capabilities of Indian companies. At a dinner meet organized by FIEO with a forty-member delegation sponsored by UNIDO Centre for South South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC) on 12 September in New Delhi, he explained how low-cost Indian technologies could bring about results comparable with expensive technologies of the developed world.

Earlier, while welcoming the delegation, Northern Region Chairman of FIEO Dr. R. K. Dhawan observed that it was economical for Africa to import pharmaceuticals, handicrafts, engineering products, textiles, apparels etc. from India.

Towards the end of the meet, FIEO Director General Mr. Ajay Sahai expressed confidence that bilateral trade between India and African countries would scale newer heights in near future, especially in sectors like leather and textiles.

Dr. R K Dhawan, Chairman, FIEO (Northern Region) welcoming Mr Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi, Principal Adviser to DG UNIDO

Mr. Ajay Sahai, Director General, FIEO addressing the gathering.

Reduced Tariff

on import from Chile

 

The Government has announced
tariff concessions on import of goods into India from the Republic of Chile. Importers will be required to prove to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that the goods in respect of which the benefit of this exemption is claimed, are of the origin of the Republic of Chile, in accordance with provisions of the Determination of Origin of Goods under the Preferential Trading Agreement between the Republic of India and the Republic of Chile Rules, 2007 [published in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.84/2007-Customs (N.T.), dated the 17th August, 2007].  Customs Notification No.101/2007-Customs dated 11th September 2007 issued in this regard is available at www.cbec.gov.in.
Mr. Anthony de Sa, Director, UCSSIC addressing the gathering

A view of delegates

 

Federation of Indian Export Organisations
New Delhi, INDIA.