Determining HS code through Advance Ruling

Advance Ruling has been included in the Article 3 of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement on trade facilitation with the aim of providing stakeholders with predictable information in advance in order to facilitate compliance with customs requirements and simplify export and import procedures. The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) was...

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The downside of IPL

In an age, when cricket is an entertainment commodity vying for eyeballs, it is natural that business tycoons who are investing pots of money in the Indian Premier League (IPL), would not care about the game or those greats whose mind-blowing performances have cheered thousands of fans. The franchise owners...

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Asian High Yield on a supercharge

About this time last year, bond markets in Asia had kicked off on a buys note. Many market players harboured hopes for a good year; I had especially set my sight on Asian High Yield issuers - referring to issuers who have a credit rating below "BBB" or "Baa".2017 closed...

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