Export Promotion Council

Gem + Jewelry Update
According to the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, India's total gem and jewelry exports provisionally stood at $20.9 billion in the year to March 2008. Useful link: www.gjepc.org.

Indian garment expo evokes interest in South Africa
Johannesburg, April 14 (IANS) A two-city expo of Indian garments in South Africa by the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) last week was a success with almost every major store chain here expressing interest in buying the wares, ...

UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Calls upon all States to exercise vigilance in granting export credits, guarantees, or insurance in connection with trade with Iran, so that such financial support does not directly or indirectly contribute to Iran’s proliferation ...

EU treads lightly on rights issue with China
At the same conference Dong Songgen, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, highlighted the links between Beijing, which will be host to the Summer Olympic Games, and London, which will be host in ...

HIGHLIGHTS OF FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
DEPB SCHEME EXTENDED TILL MAY 2009INCOME TAX BENEFIT TO 100% EOUs UNDER SECTION 10-B OF IT ACT BEING EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR BEYOND 31STMARCH 2009NEW EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL FOR TELECOM SECTOR 5% ... [[ This is a content summary only. ...

The VRC is an independent advisory committee that oversees the ...
On the flip side, the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council Pharmexcil feels that despite high cost the demand for Indian bulk drugs may increase in future due to the growing concerns over the quality of products made from Chinese raw ...

Democracy is threatened in a nation governed by corrupt incompetent
We are on course and our ability to cross the psychological one billion dollar mark is proof that the strategy we have drawn up is working, Mr Collins Boateng, Executive Secretary, of Ghana Export Promotion Council, said. ...

For Garments, Hope Despite Opposition
... it impossible for us or our overseas export partners to compete,” Johnson said. “We send nearly $10 million worth of yarns and fabrics to Mexico, the Andean countries and to the CAFTA region under various trade promotion programs.” ...

The Addis Ababa declaration on EPAs
RECALLING the objectives of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement to make EPAs serve as instruments for the promotion of sustainable development, eradication of poverty, gradual integration into the world economy, and reinforcement of ...

Where are we headed?
During the Clinton years we watched the decimation of our armed forces to balance the budget (however the national debt still never went below 5 trillion) while at the same time permitting the export of missile guidance system ...