• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Canvas
• Praxis
• Urban Pulse
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• Business Line
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

With reference to the photograph with the heading `SAFTA impact" which appeared in these columns on July 8, the Coconut Development Board's Chief Development Office, Mr Thomas Mathew M., clarifies that the import duty on coconut has not been reduced to 20 per cent as reported.

The agreement on SAFTA says the trade liberalisation programme and tariff reduction will not apply to the tariff lines included in the `Sensitive list". Coconut and coconut products, including copra, coconut oil, desiccated coconut power and other coconut products are included in the sensitive list and are protected from tariff reduction.

More Stories on : Coconut & Copra

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Agrarian distress

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line