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Lowest in years? India’s crude oil imports from Russia may drop sharply in January; Reliance says it expects no deliveries

Authorities have asked oil refiners to provide weekly updates on their purchases of crude from Russia and the United States. (AI image) India’s crude oil imports from Russia may see a sharp fall in January, with Reliance Industries saying that it does not expect to receive any Russian crude shipments. This could bring down India’s…

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Trump’s fresh tariff threat: Will stopping Russian oil imports ease US pressure on India? Time for a clear call

Russia continued to be the India’s largest crude supplier between April and November 2025. (AI image) US President Donald Trump on Monday warned India of higher tariffs if it doesn’t cooperate with America on the issue of Russian crude oil imports. The warning comes at a time when Indian exports already face heavy trade penalties…

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Chinese imports: India imposes 12% tariff on steel inflows; aims to curb cheap shipments with safeguards

India rolled out a new trade measure on Tuesday, imposing safeguard duties on certain steel imports for a period of three years. The move comes as a push to protect domestic manufacturers from a surge in low-cost overseas supplies, particularly from China.As per a finance ministry notification, the safeguard duty will stand at 12% in…

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EU-China trade: Beijing imposes 42.7% provisional duty on dairy imports from European Union; cites harm to domestic industry

China on Monday announced imposing provisional anti-subsidy duties on dairy products imported from the European Union, after concluding that the inflow of these goods has harmed its domestic dairy sector.The Chinese commerce ministry, cited by Reuters, said that the duties are set between 21.9% and 42.7% and will be effective from December 23. The announcement…

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Trump sanctions fail to dent flow? India’s oil imports from Russia top cross 1 million barrels a day; show resilience

India’s imports of Russian oil are expected to cross 1 million barrels per day this December. (AI image) Donald Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil majors don’t seem to have deterred Indian refiners from procuring crude – though non-sanctioned – from Russia. India’s crude oil imports from Russia are showing resilience in December, days after Trump’s…

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‘Severely damaging’: Domestic copper sector under strain; industry warns against ‘zero-duty imports under FTAs’

Cheap copper imports under multiple free trade agreements (FTAs) are “severely damaging” India’s domestic manufacturing system, the Indian Primary Copper Producers Association (IPCPA) said, urging the government to step in with safeguard duties and quantitative restrictions.The industry body said a surge in zero-duty copper imports is eroding India’s smelting and downstream manufacturing base, even as…

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‘India should not be dumping rice’: Trump signals fresh tariffs as US farmers decry cheap imports

US President Donald Trump may impose new tariffs on agricultural imports, including Indian rice and Canadian fertilizers, after hearing farmers’ complaints about cheap foreign goods that are undercutting US producers.The remarks came at a White House meeting where he unveiled $12 billion in fresh support for American farmers. He said imports were challenging domestic producers…

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