The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has launched a nationwide campaign calling the traders across the country to boycott Chinese goods. The CAIT has also declared that trade associations will burn Chinese goods on 19th March a day before Holi festival.
The traders’ body said that it will also rope in national organisations of transport, consumers, small industries, farmers, hawkers and other sections to make it the campaign successful.
The CAIT has also demanded the Government to scarp Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution to bring Jammu and Kashmir in parity with rest of the states of the country.
CAIT National President BC Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said that now the time has come when the China should suffer due to its proximity with Pakistan in terms of providing all kinds of assistance including finance and such resources are used against India. Therefore, the CAIT has launched a national campaign to boycott Chinese goods among trading community of the country calling the traders not to sell or buy Chinese goods and on the other hand will make their consumers aware about not to purchase Chinese goods, they said.
“China’s export to India stands about 75 billion dollars per year and if this is brought down considerably by boycotting Chinese goods, it will certainly affect the economy of China since India is largest market for China over the globe,” they said.
The CAIT has demanded the Government to levy custom duty from 300 to 500 per cent on import of Chinese goods to discourage imports from China.