India cannot afford high levels of gold imports and may review its import policy, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday, after imports of precious metals jumped more than 150 percent in April.
India, the world's biggest buyer of gold, hiked its import duty to 6 percent in January in an attempt to limit purchases and rein in a record high current account deficit. Gold is the second biggest import item after crude oil.
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