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Withdrawal of duty benefit scheme by U.K. may impact labour-intensive goods’ exporters

The U.K.'s decision to withdraw the duty benefit scheme from its Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) may impact Indian exporters from certain labour-intensive sectors such as leather and textiles, which have been they were the major beneficiaries, according to experts and traders.

The U.K. is replacing the GSP with a new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) from June 19.

Labour-intensive sectors, including certain textile items, leather goods, carpets, iron & steel goods and chemicals may get impacted due to this.

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