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India's trade and customs sector underpins its ambition to become a $5 trillion economy, with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and CBIC driving export promotion, tariff rationalisation, and supply chain resilience. Key initiatives include the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, PM GatiShakti, and PLI schemes aimed at deepening manufacturing integration into global value chains. Policy direction is focused on reducing logistics costs, expanding free trade agreements, and securing strategic supply chains in semiconductors, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals.

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Trade-remedy final recommendation

Seamless steel pipes: DGTR recommends a revised duty structure and narrower product scope

The sunset-review findings recommend moving to a fixed duty structure, with producer-specific treatment and important product exclusions. Importers and industrial purchasers should assess the exact goods and documentary chain; a DGTR recommendation is not itself a newly imposed customs levy.

Trade, Customs & Strategic Supply Chains
Industry, model and participation detailsTrade, Customs & Strategic Supply ChainsMining, Metals & Critical MineralsOil, Gas & PetrochemicalsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial Policy

Final findings issued · recommended continuation subject to Central Government notification

26 October 2026BP-20261025-11
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Trade-remedy final recommendation

Trailer axles: DGTR recommends continuation while retaining product and invoice boundaries

The sunset-review findings retain the existing non-driven trailer-axle scope and recommend further producer-specific duty continuation. The commercial questions are whether the imported goods fall within that scope, which producer row applies and whether the required evidence accompanies the shipment.

Trade, Customs & Strategic Supply Chains
Industry, model and participation detailsTrade, Customs & Strategic Supply ChainsTransport, Logistics & MobilityManufacturing, MSME & Industrial Policy

Final findings issued · five-year continuation recommended, subject to notification

26 October 2026BP-20261025-12
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India–New Zealand FTA in force: turn market access and investment promotion into transactions

Entry into force on 20 October activates a product-level utilisation agenda for Indian exporters and cross-border partners. Qualifying Indian goods gain New Zealand duty-free access, while the separate investment-promotion undertaking calls for credible private-sector projects over a 15-year horizon.

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Industry, model and participation detailsTrade, Customs & Strategic Supply ChainsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyForeign PolicyAgriculture, Food Processing & Rural EconomyDigital, Telecom & ElectronicsMinistry of Commerce and Industry · Institution named in source recordDGFT · Institution named in source recordCBIC · Institution named in source recordNew Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade · Institution named in source recordMFAT · Institution named in source record

Agreement in force from 20 October 2026 · product and transaction conditions apply

26 October 2026BP-20260922-12
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Trade-administration platform launch

Strategic trade administration: NSTCC strengthens monitoring, not automatic licensing rights

The new command centre brings a data-driven view to trade processes, applications and performance. Exporters and technology businesses should focus on consistent records and lawful application handling; the launch does not itself change SCOMET controls or individual approval conditions.

Trade, Customs & Strategic Supply Chains
Industry, model and participation detailsTrade, Customs & Strategic Supply ChainsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyDigital, Telecom & ElectronicsGovernance & Admin

Command centre launched 15 October · substantive licensing rules remain separate

20 October 2026BP-20261018-11
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Strategic-disinvestment approval

IDBI’s strategic sale: the decision now shifts from buyer selection to completion

The approved 60.72% strategic stake sale places transaction completion, ownership governance and integration at the centre of the next work programme. The consideration is a share-acquisition value, not a new infrastructure investment or completed transfer.

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Industry, model and participation detailsFinancial Services, Capital Markets & InsuranceTrade, Customs & Strategic Supply ChainsGovernance & Admin

Strategic buyer approved · regulatory and contractual completion remain distinct

20 October 2026BP-20261015-08
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Trade and market-entry insight

India–UK CETA moves into utilisation: convert market access into a shipment-level compliance plan

JETCO’s implementation account records preferential shipments, origin documentation and tariff-rate-quota use. Exporters and importers should assess the relevant product schedule, origin evidence and transaction procedures—not assume that the agreement delivers identical preferences for every product.

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Industry, model and participation detailsTrade, Customs & Strategic Supply ChainsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyDigital, Telecom & ElectronicsFinancial Services, Capital Markets & Insurance

Agreement in force · implementation and utilisation work programme

18 October 2026BP-20261013-11
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SECI C&I-1: 700 MW solar procurement for SEZ/EOU projects

Recorded deadline passed · check issuer for amendments or re-tender700 MW · capex not disclosed

SECI’s C&I-1 RfS seeks 700 MW of ISTS-connected solar capacity for projects within an SEZ or as an export-oriented unit. References include SECI/C&P/IPP/15/0009/26-27 and CPPP 2026_SECI_850226_1.

Recorded works / notice date:
5 Oct 2026, 6:00 pm IST

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Completed mandate · SBL / EMWA

A port-policy correction, documented.

Completed policy and regulatory advisory for Special Blasts Limited, SBL Energy Limited and affected EMWA members, now documented alongside MoPSW’s 17 March 2026 removal of paragraph 2(v) of its ammonium nitrate port advisory. The engagement addressed an overnight-berthing constraint affecting industrial supply chains.

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When a port circular becomes an industry-wide policy issue.

The SBL / EMWA case now includes MoPSW’s 17 March 2026 amendment: the removal of a specific port-advisory paragraph, the continuing safety framework and the commercial relevance of a documented policy correction.

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Published 13 September 2026 · Updated 3 October 2026 with the official letters · Decision date: 17 March 2026.

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