{
  "id": 18100481,
  "title": "Gold smuggling hits 50 tonnes in India as 15% import duty widens price gap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/gold-smuggling-hits-50-tonnes-in-india-as-15-import-duty-widens-price",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T09:14:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/gold-prices-may-have-crashed-globally-but-gold-smuggling-in-india-has-jumped-to-50-tonnes-from-3-tonnes-in-a-year-as-15-import-duty-widens-the-price-gap-demand-remains-29-lower-year-on-year/articleshow/135528689.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to a World Gold Council report, gold smuggling is estimated to have climbed to around 50 tonnes in the September quarter, compared with just three tonnes in the same period a year earlier. The surge highlights how higher import costs have had unintended consequences for the market.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}