India’s gold tariff hike fuels smuggling revival, squeezes banks and refiners

India’s sharp increase in gold import tariffs is fuelling a resurgence in smuggling that could exceed ‌100 metric tonne this year, as soaring grey market margins allow smugglers ​to undercut banks and refiners of the precious metal, industry officials and bullion ⁠dealers said. India, the world’s biggest gold market after China, more than doubled import…

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