Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Let it go!



"There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it."
-          Feodor Dostoevsky(Russian, 1821-1881)
Word for the day
Definiens (n)
Something that defines, especially the defining part of a dictionary entry.
(Source: Dictionary.com)
Malice towards none
Government is considering tax rebate for encouraging use of credit card.
Does promoting the use of debt not violate the "Indian Culture"?
Why no champion of "Hindu Rashtra" is seen protesting?
Let it go!
Last week, the government raised the import duties on flat steel products to 10.0% from 7.5% and on long products to 7.5% from 5.0%. Higher import duties on steel products are intended to ease some of the downward pressure on domestic steel prices from cheaper Chinese steel imports.
As per Moody's, Indian steel prices have dropped 27% over the past 12 months owing to a 70% increase in cheaper imports, one third of which came from China. As of the quarter ended 31 March 2015, cheaper imports led to a 6% decline in realized per tonne prices at Tata Steel, versus a year earlier, and a 10% decline at JSW Steel during the same period.
 (Via Moody's)
Kotak Research believes that the 2.5% hike in import duties on steel products to 7.5% on long and 10% on flat steel products is too modest to cheer domestic steelmakers in view of the sharp decline in global steel prices. Benefits will be limited given the large imports under free-trade-agreements and high domestic premiums over import offers.

What I would like to understand is that:
(a)   If the global commodity deflation due to demand slowdown in China, Europe, and many emerging markets is a realty and it is likely to persist for many more years, how long and how far the government of India is going to protect Indian producers?
I appreciate all the arguments that would be offered in support of this action - but I fail to understand that when the domestic consumer will get the full advantage of global correction in commodity prices.
(b)   Would it not be a better strategy to support the consumers of commodities by subsidizing imports so that they could optimize their capacity utilization, begin a virtuous cycle of lower prices in the economy, may be at the expense of few producers who are not globally competitive in the current environment.

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