The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday moved to tighten gold imports again in an attempt to rein-in a record high current account deficit (CAD) by taming demand for the yellow metal.
The RBI asked all nominated banks and agencies to export at least one-fifth of every lot of imported gold in all forms, and locally make it available only for jewellers.
The central bank said banks need to retain 20 per cent of the imported gold in customs bonded warehouses, and will only be able to further import gold after exporting at least 75 per cent of the gold from those warehouses.
Last month, the RBI had ruled out any transactions for imports unless they were intended to make jewellery for export, as it looks to rein in a record current account deficit.
India's current account deficit hit a record high 4.8 per cent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year that ended in March, fuelled by rising imports of oil and gold.
Copyright: Thomson Reuters 2013
The RBI asked all nominated banks and agencies to export at least one-fifth of every lot of imported gold in all forms, and locally make it available only for jewellers.
The central bank said banks need to retain 20 per cent of the imported gold in customs bonded warehouses, and will only be able to further import gold after exporting at least 75 per cent of the gold from those warehouses.
Last month, the RBI had ruled out any transactions for imports unless they were intended to make jewellery for export, as it looks to rein in a record current account deficit.
India's current account deficit hit a record high 4.8 per cent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year that ended in March, fuelled by rising imports of oil and gold.
Copyright: Thomson Reuters 2013
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