Consultant picture of Union Minister of Commerce and Business Piyush Goyal and UAE Minister of Economic system Abdullah Bin Touk Almari | Photograph courtesy of PTI
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) mentioned points associated to market entry, information sharing, gold import quotas, anti-dumping and providers to strengthen financial ties, the Ministry of Commerce introduced on Thursday (27 November 2025).
These points had been mentioned at a gathering of the Joint Committee underneath the India-UAE Complete Financial Partnership Settlement (CEPA).
CEPA is a kind of free commerce settlement (FTA).
“Each side performed a complete evaluation of progress underneath CEPA and had detailed discussions on market entry points, information sharing, Gold Tariff Quota (TRQ) allocation, anti-dumping points, providers, guidelines of origin, Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) licensing, and so forth.,” the report mentioned.
The Indian facet additionally briefed the UAE on its current resolution to allocate gold TRQs by means of a clear aggressive bidding course of.
India and the UAE additionally mentioned strengthening regulatory cooperation in prescribed drugs, resolving points associated to certificates of origin, and early signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on meals security and technical necessities between India’s Agro-Processed Meals Merchandise Export Growth Authority (APEDA) and the Ministry of Local weather Change and Surroundings and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Bilateral commerce in 2024-25 will exceed $100 billion, a rise of 19.6% in comparison with 2023-24.
India and the UAE have set a goal to extend non-oil and non-precious metals commerce to $100 billion by 2030.
