India Permits Imports of Corn and Vegetable Oils at Concessional Duties

India has recently announced a measure to address food inflation by permitting limited imports of essential commodities under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) framework. This move, aimed at easing the burden on consumers, includes corn, crude sunflower oil, refined rapeseed oil, and milk powder. Under TRQ, importers benefit from reduced or zero tariffs, strategically implemented to…