A major investment by waters in india doesnt even merit acknowledgment in waters wexford.so much for company alignment.to quote indian distributor hym bros via email-'we export a small quantity of colums made in ireland to china for waters.tariffs on these products from Ireland are extremely high making them virtually profit less.
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1 in 2 workers will die from cancer from working with waters chemicals.FACT
Discussions on uk/ india free trade agreement are at an advanced stage also.this will benefit waters uk hugely.
India (MtaI) Sanjay Bhutani said the effective rate of taxes on the sale of imported medical devices in India is in the range of 27 to 44 per cent, which is among the highest in the world.
India has a preferential trade agreement with china with much lower tarriffs.
Where and what are the tariffs' percentage wise . Ire to india - india to china
That would give an idea of where the biggest step change is
Given the Geo-politics bewtween India and China on border disputes. (and lives lost) And the protectionist inport tariffs to india from anywhere outside. It would be interesting to see if this shift change is economic or just plain nepotism