U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary Honors Prodigy for Exports Growth U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary Ro Khanna honored Prodigy Diabetes Care, LLC with its Export Achievement Certificate today during a stop in Charlotte aimed at touting President Obama’s national export initiative. Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

The Hindu Business Line : Marine exports cross $2-b mark Despite global recession and a stronger rupee, marine exports crossed the $2-billion mark for the first time in the 2009-2010 fiscal, Ms Leena Nair, Chairperson of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) said. Read more on The Hindu

India’s seafood exports cross $2 bn for first time Kochi, May 18 : India’s marine product exports have for the first time crossed $2 billion, according to official figures for financial year 2009-10 released here Tuesday. Read more on New Kerala

Booming global demands help Bangladesh fetch half- bln-USD from jute product exports Bangladesh in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year 2009-10 ending in June, 2010 fetched nearly half a billion U.S. dollars from exports of raw jute and goods made of the natural fiber on ballooning global demand, a senior official said Wednesday. The country’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official said Bangladesh, the world second largest jute producing nation after India … Read more on People’s Daily

India trade secy says favours wheat exports
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Soyameal exports plunge to 5-year low in FY’10
NEW DELHI: The country’s soyameal exports slumped to a five-year low at 21.35 lakh tonnes in 2009-10 fiscal as supplies fell due to high input costs cutting into processors’ margins.

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Oilmeal exports hit five-year low in 2009-10
Oilmeal exports hit a five-year low last financial year after a variety of factors made crushing of oilseeds unviable for most mills, especially during the second half of the year. The industry blames “excessive speculation” in the futures market and unfriendly government policies.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-23 09:05 Mauritius Jan trade deficit widens on falling exports
PORT LOUIS, March 23 (Reuters) – Mauritius’ trade deficit widened by almost a third to 4.78 billion rupees ($156.7 million) in January versus the same month last year as exports fell for a third straight month. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said the deficit widened by 29 percent, with exports declining by 16 percent against a year earlier to 4.15 billion rupees. A fall in the export of …

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India says Saudi to almost double crude exports
RIYADH, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is willing to increase crude supplies to India to 40 million tonnes from about 25.5 million tonnes currently to meet the rising energy demand of the south Asian country, the Indian government said.

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Survey favours cut in excise duties on exports
Even as the prospects for Indian merchandise trade have brightened, it needs further cuts in excise duties, said the Economic Survey for 2009-10. ‘The outlook for India’s trade sector in 2010 has brightened with prospects of recovery in world output and trade volumes.

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