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· Mr. Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister of Commerce & Industry, said that India and Africa could work together in areas such as technology transfer, skilling, agriculture, healthcare, solar energy, technology parks, railways infrastructure, among others
· The Minister pointed out that India had already accorded duty-free imports on 98% of India’s tariff lines for goods being imported from Africa as a part of its Duty-Free Tariff Preference Scheme for LDCs. This provided enormous market access for African goods in India
· The CII – JETRO Report on “Japan- India Business Cooperation in Asia Africa Region” was launched at the session along with a website on India-Japan Business Cooperation in Asia – Africa
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister of Commerce & Industry, said that India and Africa could work together in areas such as technology transfer, skilling, agriculture, healthcare, solar energy, technology parks, railways infrastructure, among others. Highlighting the support that was provided by India to African nations during the COVID-19 crisis the minister said that with the formation of AfCATA, both regions should look at setting up cooperation in textiles, pharma, auto, agro processing and information and communication technology.
The Minister was addressing the Ministerial Session on “Enhancing India’s Trade & Investment with Africa through Bilateral, Regional & Continental level Partnership” at the 15th CII – Exim Bank Digital Conclave on India – Africa Project Partnership, New Delhi, India recently. The Minister pointed out that India had already accorded duty-free imports on 98% of India’s tariff lines for goods being imported from Africa as a part of its Duty-Free Tariff Preference Scheme for LDCs. This provided enormous market access for African goods in India.
Others spoke at the meeting included bMs Lucia Iipumbu, Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Republic of Namibia. Mr Ivan Magalhães do Prado, Secretary of State for Industry, Republic of Angola, Ms Amelia Anne Kyambadde, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Republic of Uganda, Ms Soraya Hakuziyaremye, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Rwanda, Mr Jean-Lucien Bussa Tongba, Minister of External Trade, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Roy Kachale, Minister of Industry, Republic of Malawi, Mr Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Ghana, Mr Lawrence Karanja, Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, Republic of Kenya, Mr. Aliyu Mohammed Abubakar, Director General – Trade Bilateral, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment, Republic of Nigeria and Mr Noel Tata, Chairman, CII Africa Committee.
The CII – JETRO Report on “Japan- India Business Cooperation in Asia Africa Region” was launched at the session along with a website on India-Japan Business Cooperation in Asia – Africa.
