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Article: INDIA HIKES DUTIES TO PROTECT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY FROM IMPORTS.
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- August 21, 2000
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NEW DELHI, Aug 21 Asia Pulse - As part of efforts to ensure that the domestic industry was not damaged by the removal of import restrictions in April, 2001, the Indian Government has increased duties on a number of items that had seen a recent surge in imports, according to federal Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran.
"Government is absolutely determined to ensure through appropriate use of the tariff and other mechanisms that imports do not cause any serious detriment or injury to ...