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NRI Devotees Listen-Up: Indian Gold Idols Now Available Abroad As Government Allows Conditional Export
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According to a notification released by the Union Ministry for Commerce & Industry, the government will allow a conditional export of gold idols made between eight and twenty-four carats, as reported by Business Standard (BS).
‘Caratage’ measures the purity of gold alloyed with metals. While 24 carat is undulated gold with no addition of other metals, 18 carat has 75 per cent gold along with 25 per cent other metals, often copper or silver.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) stated in a notification that foreign trade policy has been amended “to allow export of gold idols (only gods and goddess) of 8 carats and above (up to 24 carats) from domestic tariff area.”
“Now, exporters will start marketing Indian-made idols. We see an immediate 100-kg annual export market opening up. This can be eventually expanded to 500 kg a year,” said Srinivasan Krishnan, convenor, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).
It should be noted that India is the largest importer of gold in the world, buying about 700-800 tonnes of gold from various countries annually.
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