Importing from India 101

His Excellency the High Commissioner of India to New Zealand, Admiral (Retd.) Sureesh Mehta, recently gave an interview to the Indian Weekender (great read) and we picked up on one very specific comment he made.   *"We have been taking timber and wool from here, so that will continue. In fact we have a trade deficit at this point of about 60% in favour of New Zealand so we would definitely benefit by the FTA when more of our products come here."*   Later on, speaking at the Wellington function to celebrate India's Republic Day (26th Jan), he again spoke passionately about using an economic platform as the basis to deepen the NZ-India relationship. And he stated that the FTA negotiations are just about to commence with an Indian team due to arrive in February - great stuff.   Notwithstanding the great debate about what we should import or not, the fact of...