A modern Clean Plant Centre is being established at CISH, Lucknow, where disease-free and genetically pure planting material for fruit crops such as mango, guava, litchi and avocado will be developed and conserved Addres…
Co-written by Sharmistha Naik, Sujoy Saha, & Kaushik Banerjee, ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, Maharashtra India's grape industry remains a vibrant pillar of the country's horticultural sector, distin…
After years of stalled dialogue and renewed engagement, the India–EU trade agreement emerges as a defining development for India’s agri-food and food processing landscape. More than a tariff-reduction framework, the pact…
Expect stronger competitiveness and higher shipments The Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF), through Dr Prem Garg, National President would like to clarify the potential impact of the recently announced indication t…
Over 30 exporters, 9 importers and 50 FPCs participate in APEDA buyer seller meet The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government…
Strengthens global market access for Indian exporters The Government of India launched the Market Access Support (MAS) Intervention under the Export Promotion Mission (EPM), a flagship initiative approved by the Union Ca…
US as the fourth largest market for Indian Basmati rice In response to the recent statement by the President of the United States regarding Indian rice, the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) wishes to clarify the f…
Although the Indian food and nutraceutical industry entered 2025 with cautious optimism, it's ending the year having undergone one of its most decisive structural shifts in a decade. What began as a period of recovery fr…
India’s key seafood exports to the UK currently include Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), frozen squid, lobsters, frozen pomfret, and black tiger shrimp A significant milestone in India–UK econo…
Vikram Marwaha, Joint Managing Director of DRRK Foods India’s Basmati rice industry has witnessed robust growth, with exports surpassing Rs 5.2 billion in FY 2024. Challenges like geopolitical tensions, regulatory comp…
To ensure domestic availability, the government has taken measures to check exports using duty The Government of India has withdrawn the 20 per cent duty on onion export, effective from 1st April 2025. A notification to …
In addition to rice, several other agri-food products also saw significant growth compared to December 2023 India’s agri-food export sector recorded robust growth in December 2024, with rice exports witnessing an impress…
The government has extended the minimum export price for natural honey to $2,000 per tonne The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has announced an extension of the Minimum Export Price (MEP) policy for the expor…
APEDA as part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative has been targeting to increase exports of Indian Spirits to major foreign destinations The global demand for Indian spirits is increasing, presenting an opportunity for gro…
Centre procures 4.68 lakh tonnes for price stabilisation buffer The government has lifted the onion export prohibition from 4th May 2024 and has allowed the export with minimum export price of (MEP) of $550 per MT and e…
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Ramnath Thakur in a written reply to Lok Sabha All India's production of pulses has increased from 163.23 lakh tonnes durin…
Major export items include frozen shrimp and frozen fish; US & China remain top export destination India’s seafood exports touched an all-time high in volume during the financial year 2023-24 despite various challeng…
The government of India allows the export of 2000 metric tonnes of white onion cultivated especially for export markets in Middle-East and some European countries The Government has allowed the export of 99,150 metric to…
APEDA witnesses 16 per cent growth in basmati rice exports The export of agricultural products Oil Meals, Fruits and vegetables registered handsome growth in April-November 2023 marking 34.33 per cent and 15.10 per cent …
Centre directs NCCF and NAFED to procure 7 lakh tonnes of onion for the buffer from farmers The export of onion has been put under prohibition w.e.f. 8th December 2023 till 31st March 2024 to ensure the availability of o…
He highlighted the vast potential that the GCC and Egyptian markets hold for Indian food exports, given the strong focus on quality and halal standards Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry of India m…
Spices industry to work together to achieve a target of $10 billion of spice exports by 2030 The 14th World Spice Congress (WSC) which took place from September 15 to September 17, 2023 at the CIDCO Exhibition Centre at …
The funds will be utilized for expanding the Lactobite portfolio, exploring export opportunities and developing new product formulations Nutrizoe, a Mumbai-based women’s nourishment brand raised INR 3 Cr in a Bridge roun…
USA the largest importer of Indian seafood followed by China, EU, South East Asia, Japan and Middle East India achieved an all-time high exports of seafood both in terms of volume and value by shipping 17,35,286 MT of se…
Procedure for export of non-halal certified meat and meat products will remain unchanged The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), the agency of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has recen…
