MUM-17-07-2023

CKB Global Logistics yet again wins “Freight Forwarder of the YearContainers” & “Customs Broker of the Year ” Awards at

MUMBAI: Chinubhai Kalidass & Bros. (CKB), a 100 Plus Year old Company, was conferred with 2PrestigiousAccoladesataGlittering Evening of India Maritime Awards –7thEdition, Organised&Managedby Daily Shipping Times, in Mumbai atHotelSaharaStaronFriday,7thJuly2023.

CKB bagged “Freight Forwarder of the Year (Containers)” and “Customs Broker of the Year (Export & Import)” Awards due to their excellent performance over its peers.

Mr.DarshanSheth,Mr.ApurvaSheth alongwithCKBTeam receivedtheAwardonbehalfofCKBGroup. Cont’d. Pg. 6

IMA-7th Edition

Mr Darshan Sheth, Mr. Apurva Sheth alongwith CKB Team receiving “Freight Forwarder of the Year (Containers)” Award from Capt InderpalSinghof MSC & Mr Nailesh Gandhiof Express Global Logistics.

COSCO SHIPPING's Customized Services and New Routes Bolster China's Auto Exports to International Markets

BEIJING: Since the beginning of this year, the export volume of Chinese brand commercial vehicles has witnessed a significant increase. The rapid development of the new energy vehicle (NEV) market has presented both opportunities and challenges for the logistics and transportation industry. As the number of customers exporting vehicles continues to rise, COSCO SHIPPING Lines is working closely with car manufacturers to offer customizedservicesandestablishnewroutestocatertothe diverserequirementsofalargercustomerbase.

Launch full-chain logistics service featuring longdistance truck delivery + marine transportation for NEVexports

On July 3, the first batch of 152 Dolphin electric vehicles producedbyaBYDfactoryinFuzhou,JiangxiProvince,and carriedbyCOSCOSHIPPINGLineswerecontainerizedand loaded on board after undergoing long-distance transportation and customs clearance. The ship departed fromYantianPortforEurope.

Following more than a month of meticulous planning, careful consideration, and thorough preparation, COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Huanan) leveraged the new BYD factory in Fuzhou as a pilot effort to expand its long-distance vehicle transportation business. This move enabled the company to establish a full-chain

service model that includes long-distance consignment as an innovative feature to ensure the stable operation of the BYD project. Moreover, it marks the first step made by COSCO SHIPPINGtobuildaNEVexportnetworkinShenzhen.

A significant aspect of BYD's car export demand is the requirement to ship a substantial amount of vehicles on the same vessel. However, every step of this comprehensive service is intricately connected to one another. The new long-distance truck delivery service, which serves as the initial stage of the entire logistics chain, involves multiple connections with the customer, truck fleet, and warehouse. It also requires meticulous security management of various details and precise quality control at each step. Thechallengesassociatedwiththistaskareevident.

To ensure smooth operations, COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Huanan) established a dedicated team to effectively communicate and coordinate with the customer, truck fleet, and warehouses. The team carefully assessed and addressed factors such as timing, risk prediction and warning, and response to potential complications. Each party involved fulfilled their respective responsibilities, from vehicle pick-up to transportation. Despite unforeseen obstacles, the team successfully fulfilled the consignment task with both high qualityandquantity.

Export Preparedness Index (EPI) Report, 2022 by NITI Aayog to be launched Today

NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog is releasing the third edition of Export Preparedness Index (EPI) for States/UTs of India fortheyear2022onJuly17,2023.

The report discusses India’s export performance amid the prevailing global trade context in FY22, followed by an overview of the country’s sector-specific export performance. The report further highlights the need to develop our districts as export hubs in the country and undertakes a district-level analysis of merchandise exports inthecountry

EPI is a comprehensive tool which measures the export preparedness of the States and UTs in India. Exports are vital for simulating economic growth and development in a country, which necessitates understanding the factors which influence export performance. The index undertakes a comprehensive analysis of States and UTs across exportrelated parameters in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses.Developingthemethodologyfortheindexisan evolvingprocesswhichconstantlyincorporatesstakeholder feedback. Thus, the results and rankings published in this edition are not directly comparable to the previous editions, however EPI, with its insights, continues to seek to assist the States and UTs in driving policy changes which are relevanttoaddresstheirspecificchallenges.

EPI assess the performance of the States and UTs across four pillars – Policy, Business Ecosystem, Export Ecosystem, and Export Performance. Each pillar is composed of sub-pillars, which in turn capture a state’s performanceusingrelevantindicators.

• Policy Pillar evaluates states and UTs’ performance based on its adoption of export-related policy ecosystem at a state and district level as well as the institutionalframeworksurroundingtheecosystem.

• Business Ecosystem assesses the prevailing businessenvironment in a state/UT, along with the extent of business-supportive infrastructure, and a state/UTs’ transportconnectivity

• Export Ecosystem focuses on the export-related infrastructure in a state/UT along with the trade support provided to the exporters, and the prevalence of Research andDevelopmentinthestate/UTtofosterinnovation.

• Export Performance is an output-based indicator

which gauges the growth of a state’s export over the previous year and analyses its export concentration and footprintontheglobalmarkets. The report will be released by Vice Chairman, NITIAayog.

CKB Global Logistics yet again wins “Freight Forwarder of the YearContainers” & “Customs Broker of the Year ” Awards at IMA-7th Edition

Cont’d. from Pg. 3

Notably, Chinubhai Kalidass & Bros. has been receiving these Awards for the 7th Consecutive year at India Maritime Awards and 10th Consecutive years at GujaratStarAwards.

Chinubhai Kalidass & Bros. has been consistently ranked as No. 1 Freight Forwarder & Customs BrokerinIndia.

JOURNEYOFCKB…

In the year 1917, when Nations across the World declared war against each other, the Sheth Brothers (Late Chinubhai Kalidass Sheth and Late Surendrabhai Kalidass Sheth ) in India were planning to break away from their traditional family businessoftextiletradingandstartedanewbusiness. In these challenging pre Independence times in India on 6th of February 1917, in Bombay (Now Mumbai), wasbornChinubhaiKalidass&Bros-CKB.

CKB has been providing specialised solutions to its customers with deep knowledge and expertise in activities such as door to door services including last mile deliveries across the globe, Transit cargo, hazardous cargo including handling of live ammunition, perishable cargoes like Pharma and manymoresuchuniquesolutions.

CKB have been pioneers in setting up ahead of time IT systems with innovative and customisable EDI & Online solutions for its customers like live Dashboards, automatic data transfer to customers, integration of its own ERP with many other software platforms, real time track and trace including inland rail being on such track and trace and many more.

ALEGACY–ONECANDEPENDUPON

THESURGEAHEAD…

With such an impeccable lineage and strong credentials, today CKB managed by the third generation of the SHETH family, is a professionally managed, global scale, future driven group of companies. CKB was one of the first Indian logistics groupstoestablishitsownoverseasofficeinUSAand subsequently in Kenya apart from partners/agents acrosstheglobe.

Comprising of the Flagship Company CKB and a clutchofindividualcompanieswithdiversebusiness interests in the logistics sector the solutions portfolio at CKB offers comprehensive Freight Forwarding, Custom House Agency Services, Sea Freight, Air Freight, Road Transportation, Freight Consolidation, Agency Representation, Warehousing, Liquid Logistics Solutions, 3PL/4PL Logistics, Project/ODC Cargo Management and a host of other supportservices.

Apart from the traditional logistics services,

It is a 100 years plus now of truly living up to the promise of excellence in customer service and the constant striving to fulfill the assurance of what has become the ROCK SOLID CKB MOTTO for clients, businessassociates,partnersandeverystakeholder–“YOUARESAFEINOURHANDS.”

GLOBALPRESENCE

CKB has Partners as well as Agents at 725 Cities in189CountriesmakingitatrulyMultinationalentity.

GIVINGBACKTOSOCIETY

CKB Group is very focussed on it’s CSR activities and have been undertaking such initiatives much before the same was made mandatory with special focus on underprivileged and girl child education, oldagehomes,securityandcivicservicespersonneletc.

CKB started ESG initiatives much before this hasbecomearecentmustfororganisations.

With a focussed program on planting trees since the year 2017 and reduction of paper usage, recycling of electronics, use of LED lights etc has a long term commitment and deeply cares for the planet and climate change. CKB’s social initiatives include what they call “ DOING OUR BIT’ where many social programmes and giving back to society are undertaken.

Mr. Darshan Sheth, Mr. Apurva Sheth alongwith CKB Team receiving “Customs Broker of the Year (Export & Import)” Award from Mr Keyur Tharani of M. Bhadrasinh & Co. & Mr. Mayur Aiya of FreightBridge Logistics.

Mr. Anand Sheth receiving the Memento from Mr. George Abrao for being Panelist at IMA-7th Edition.

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India’s Exports in June decline by 22% to $32.97 billion, steepest monthly fall in 3 years

NEW DELHI: India’s exports contracted by 22%, the steepest decline in the last three years, to $32.97 billion in June on account of global demand slowdown, especially in the Western markets like the US andEurope.

According to the data of the Commerce Ministry, the trade deficit in June stood at $20.3 billion against $22.07 billion in the same month last year due to a fall in exports and imports.

Theinboundshipmentsduringthe month under review declined by a steep17.48%to$53.10billion.

ExportsinMay2020contractedby 36.47% when the world was reeling under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Commenting on the numbers, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said trade sector growth is inthehandsofglobalfactors.

As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has projected a slowdown in world trade, “that fear is coming true”,headded.

Citing reasons for the dip in trade growth,hesaidthereisaslowdownin major economies, including the US and Europe; and inflationary pressure.

Healsoattributedtheslowdownto thetighteningofmonetarypoliciesby the rich nations as it is affecting manufacturingandbusinesses.

Export promotion councils are expecting the demand to pick up in the coming months. “From July, there should be pick up,” the Secretarysaid.

Cumulatively, exports dipped by 15.13percentto$102.68billionduring April-June this fiscal. Imports too declined by 12.67 per cent to $ 160.28 billion.

The trade deficit during AprilJune 2023 improved by 7.9 pc to $ 57.6 billion from $ 62.6 billion in the sameperiodlastyear.

Oil imports in June contracted by 33.8 per cent to $ 12.54 billion, while during the April-June quarter, the shipments slipped 18.52 per cent to $43.4billion.

However, gold imports in June rose 82.38 per cent to about $ 5 billion, while it dipped by 7.54 per cent to $9.7billionintheApril-Junequarter.

The Ministry said that India’s trade performance, after witnessing “very high” growth in 2022-23, hasshowndecliningtrendscompared to the high base of last year in the backdropofaglobalslowdown.

As per the World Bank Global Economic Prospects report (June 2023), the global economy is set to slow substantially in 2023 to 2.1 per cent after growing at 3.1percentlastyear.

On the exports front, 21 of the 30 keysectorsexhibitednegativegrowth

in June. These include petroleum products, plastic, ready-made garments of all textiles, engineering, chemicals, gems and jewellery, leatherandmarine.

However, exports of electronic goods increased by 45.36 per cent in June to $ 2.43 billion. During April-June2023,theseexportsroseby 47percentto$6.96billion.

Silver imports slumped by 94.36 per cent from $ 0.79 billion in the monthunderreview.

According to the data, imports from Russia jumped to $ 16 billion during April-June this fiscal from $ 6.91 billion in the same period last year.

Imports from Switzerland rose to $5billionduringApril-Junethisfiscal from $ 4.11 billion in the same period lastyear.

However, the imports from China dipped to $ 23.6 billion in the first quarter of this fiscal as compared to $24.31billioninApril-June2022.

The inbound shipments from the UAE too declined to $ 10.31 billion in the first quarter of this fiscal as compared to $ 13.55 billion in April-June2022.

On the export front, the country’s shipments have recorded positive growth in the Netherlands, the UK, andSaudiArabia.ItdeclinedtoChina, UAE, USA, Germany, Italy and Bangladesh.

Slowdown in growth coupled with demand contraction across Globe led to continuous fall in exports : FIEO

NEW DELHI:

Overall, June exports (both goods and services) along with Q1, 2023-24 exports have seendeclineonthebackofslowdown in growth coupled with demand contraction across the globe, said Dr A Sakthivel, President, FIEO. Major economies including US and China have shown downward trend in exports, along with the Eurozone slipping into recession during the start of the year itself, marking contraction in their GDP or a slow start to their economy in most of the economies of Europe including UK, added Dr Sakthivel. The slowdown comes in wake of higher energy prices contributing to curbing demand in Europe's largest economy and surging inflation, said Dr Sakthivel. One of the reasons for moderating pace of growth in merchandise exports significantly in

2023 has been because of persistent geopolitical tensions, disruption in global supply chain due to RussiaUkraine war, monetary tightening and recessionary fears, which has continuouslyledtoafallinconsumer spendings across the globe especially in advanced economies, reiteratedFIEOPresident.

FIEO Chief added that we are of the view that that exports will start showing better growth numbers shortly, as things are expected to improvefromQ3oftheCalendaryear, with fresh orders or order bookings for festival and New Year season beginningtocome.

Some of the key sectors, which have shown positive growth during the month of June 2023, include electronic goods, drugs & pharmaceuticals, iron ore, fruits & vegetables, oil seeds, cashew, tobacco, handicrafts excluding handmade carpets and coffee.

FIEO Chief said that though the decline in imports is a good sign for thecountry,however,thathasalsoled tode-growthinourkeyexportsectors like petroleum products, gems & jewellery, organic & inorganic chemicalsetc.

FIEOPresidentfurtherreiterated that the need of the hour is to provide further momentum to the economy through easy and low cost of credit to the MSMEs, a very-long pending demand of the exporting community of marketing support for further promoting Brand India products and services globally and GST exemption on Freight on exports. Besides, the interest equalisation support across all sectors of export and 3-6 months transition period may be provided, whenever a major change is notified in the Foreign Trade policy, which will provide much needed cushion during such tough andchallengingtimes.

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JNPA seeks acquisition of 8.5 acres for Rail link

MUMBAI:TheJawaharlal

Nehru Port Authority has requested district collector Gangatharan D to acquire 8.5 acres to establish rail connectivity for the proposed 108-acremulti-modallogisticalparkinNiphad.

TheJNPA,inalettertocollectorGangatharanD,has requested him to start the process of land acquisition to establish rail connectivity with Central Railways’ tracks passingthroughNiphad.

Niphad,isthehometownofUnionMinisterofState for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pawar. “With the acquisition, the ball will be set rolling for the setting up park, which will be equipped with facilities like customs clearance and other amenities to assist exporters,”Pawarsaid.

Pawar, in whose parliamentary constituency — Dindori—theparkwillcomeupin,met UnionShipping and Ports Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in NewDelhiandurgedhimtoexpeditetheproject.

The MMLP will bring in different modes of transportation facilities together under one roof for efficient and speedy movement of goods besides setting up facilities to efficiently handle, grade and store agricultural produce like grapes, onion, pomegranate, dehydrated onions, processed agricultural products. Also, the export of construction machinery, automobiles and pharmaceutical products etc. from Nashik Division will find a boost. The process of de-mortgaging land that belongedtoNashikSugarFactoryhasbeenalreadybeen carried out. The land was mortgaged for Rs 135 crore withtheNashikDistrictCentralCooperativeBank.

Adani Ports expected to see strong Q1 results

AHMEDABAD: Adani Ports is expected to see a strong first quarter, driven by healthy port cargo volume growth and a sharp ramp-up in the logisticsbusiness.

During the June quarter, Adani Ports clocked 101.4 MMT of total cargo volumes, which is 11.5%year-on-year(YoY)growth.

The growth was observed across most ports and all three broad cargo segments. While the container segment rose 19%, liquids and gas was up 8% and drybulkincreasedby7%.

InJunealone,AdaniPortshandled32.8MMTofcargo including1MMTatitsHaifaPort.

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Logistics volume also continues to record a significant jump with YTD rail volumes of 131,420 TEUs, which is up 18% YoY, and GPWIS volumes of 4.35 MMT, higherby40%YoY.

Adani Ports is the largest commercial ports operator in India accounting for nearly one-fourth of the cargo movementinthecountry.

It is present across 13 domestic ports in seven maritime states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, AndhraPradesh,TamilNadu,andOdisha.

In the preceding March quarter, the company had posted a 5% growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs1,159crore.Meanwhile,consolidatedrevenuegrew40% toRs5,797crore.

inquiries from European companies

on

renewed interest in India: World Trade Center

PUNE:India’sfreetradeagreement(FTA)talkswith the European Union have sparked an interest from overseasinvestorsandmanufacturesinthecountry.

The World Trade Center (Pune) is receiving 10-15 inquiries every week from European companies whoarekeentomanufactureordistributefromIndia.

“There is an influx of inquiries from Europe for India for manufacturing and distribution. Before the pandemic, the interest was more in China,” said Niraj Khinvasara, Chief Innovative officer, WorldTradeCenter(Pune).

Technology, pharmaceuticals, food and services are theareasofinterestfortheEuropeanfirms.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the centre used to

receive1-2inquiresperweek.

“Europe has realised India’s potential. They’re reviving the old Silk Route and connecting more with Asia,”Khinvasarasaid.

He said that Africa is showing interest in India for ArtificialIntelligence,educationandmedicaltechnology, and is also keen to have an auto industry. Around 6,000 EU companies in India created 1.7 million jobsdirectlyand5millionjobsindirectlyin2020.

India’s bilateral trade with the EU was $116.36 billion in FY22, 43.5% higher than in 2021-22. At present, the EU is India’s second largest trading partneraftertheUS,andthesecondlargestdestination forIndianexports

VPA inks MoU with HPCL for construction of two additional OSTT berth for handling medium range vessels

VISAKHAPATNAM: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Vishakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) and HindustanPetroleumCorporationLimited (HPCL)onWednesday,fortheconstruction of two additional breasting dolphins at OSTTBerthforhandlingmediumrangevessels.

The cost of the project is estimated at around Rs. 13.36 crore, which will enhance the capacity of berth from 8.23 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum

(MMTPA)to15MMPTA.

The facility would commission within 18 months of periodfromthedateofissueofworkorder.

The MoU was signed by VPA Chairperson M. Angamuthu, and Singupalli Hari Prasad, Chief GeneralManager-RetailofHPCL.

The signing ceremony was attended by the heads of departmentsconcernedfromtheVPAandtheHPCL.

T. Venu Gopal, Secretary, Visakhapatnam Port Authority,wasalsopresent.

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India-China trade shows first signs of slowdown in years

NEW DELHI: The India-China trade, which in recent years rose sharply despite bilateral tensions over the border dispute, showed the first signs of a slowdown in years fallingby0.9percentinthefirsthalfof thisyear.

This came as China’s overall foreign trade declined by about five per cent as its economy struggled to recoverfromCovidblues.

China’s exports to India in the first half of this year totalled $56.53 billion compared to $57.51 billion last year registering a decline of 0.9 per cent, according to the data released by Chinese customs on Thursday.

India’sexportstoChinaduringthe same period totalled $9.49 billion comparedto$9.57billionlastyear.

The trade deficit in the first half of 2023 too declined significantly to $47.04 compared to $67.08 billion last year.

Last year was a bumper year for India-Chinatradeasittouchedanalltime high of $135.98 billion despite the continued chill in the bilateral ties over the military standoff in eastern LadakhinMay2020.

ThetotalIndia-Chinatradein2022 overtook the $125 billion mark a year earlier by registering an 8.4 per cent increase.

New Delhi’s trade deficit with Beijing crossed for the first time a $100 billion mark despite frosty bilateralrelations.

The trade deficit for India stood at $101.02 billion in 2022 crossing the 2021figureof$69.38billion.

The slowdown of India-China tradeinthefirsthalfofthisyearcame as China’s total trade including imports and exports fell nearly 5 per cent from a year earlier in dollar terms. While exports slipped 3.2 per cent and imports declined 6.7percent.

Also, China’s exports tumbled 12.4 per cent in June from a year earlier amid weakening demand following increasing interest rates by central banks to curb inflation as the Chinese economy struggled to stage post-Covid recovery.

Chinese customs data released showed imports slid 6.8 per cent to $214.7billion.

The disappointing data is yet another indicator of China’s sputtering post-pandemic economic recovery, which has lost momentum in the second quarter, analysts told the Hong Kong-based South China MorningPost.

Shipments to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is China’s largest trade partner and one that provided major support to its export sector earlier this year, fell by 16.86 per cent compared to a year earlier.

India may ban 80% rice exports to curb local prices: Report

NEW DELHI : India is contemplating a potential prohibition on the export of numerous rice varieties. This proposed measure, if implemented, could further elevate the already soaring global prices of this vital food staple, particularly as the disruptive El Niño weather phenomenon reemerges. India is the largestexporterofriceintheworld.

Government officials are currently engaged in discussions concerning a plan to restrict the export of non-Basmati rice, as disclosedtoBloombergbyindividuals knowledgeableaboutthematter.

The motive behind this proposal, according to these insiders who requested anonymity due to the confidentialityoftheinformation,isto

mitigate the risk of heightened inflationaheadofupcomingelections.

India’sdecisiontobanriceexports will have a significant impact, affecting approximately 80% of the India’s rice exports. While this move may potentially lower domestic prices, it carries the risk of causing globalcoststosurgeevenhigher.

Rice stands as a crucial staple for approximately half of the global population, with Asia alone accounting for about 90% of the world’sriceconsumption.

Concerns over the return of the El Niño weather phenomenon have already driven benchmark prices to a two-year high, heightening fears of potential crop damage and exacerbatingtheupwardtrajectoryof

pricesintheglobalricemarket.

India, a dominant player in the global rice trade, holds a substantial shareofapproximately40%.Inrecent times, the country has taken measures to strengthen control over the trade of certain rice varieties. Notably, India implemented a ban on theexportofbrokenricein2022.

Also , a 20% duty was imposed on shipments of white and brown rice, in response to the surge in food staple prices, triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, impacting commodities suchaswheatandcorn.Furthermore, India has imposed limitations on exportsofwheatandsugar,indicating a concerted effort to regulate the trade of these essential food commodities.

Indian Ambassador to Iran visits Chabahar Port on first visit outside Tehran

TEHRAN : Indian Ambassador toIran,RudraGauravShresth, paid avisittotheChabaharPortonFriday, markinghisfirstvisittotheportsince assumingthechargeasenvoy.

The visit comes soon after he presented his credentials to the IranianPresident,EbrahimRaisi in thefirstweekofJuly.

“Chabaharisanimportantproject for India and it shows that the ambassador has chosen to visit Chabahar in his first official visit outsideTehran,”asourcesaid.

On his first visit to the Chabahar Port, the ambassador interacted with severalseniorportofficials.

The port’s General Director, Engineer Asgari, Governor of Chabahar, Dr Sepahi and India Ports Global Limited Managing Director Sunil Mukundan and senior officials of the port also interactedwiththeenvoy.

Ambassador Rudra Gaurav Shresth is a career diplomat and a memberoftheIndianForeignService. He assumed charge as the Indian AmbassadortoIraninMay2023.

Earlier in his career, Shresth worked in India’s Diplomatic Missions in France, Mauritius, Afghanistan, Singapore,andBhutan.Healsoserved as India’s High Commissioner to

Mozambiquefrom2016to2019. TheChabaharPortholdsstrategic importance for India, and the country is developing the Chabahar Port in a phased manner. The country is developing the first phase of the Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar. The capacity of the port will reach 8.5 million tonnes (MT) at the end of thefirstphase.

In May 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a contract in TehranontheShahidBeheshtiportof Chabahar, which includes, among other things, an investment of USD 85 million for the purchase of equipmentfortheport.

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