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With a bumper pomegranate season in full swing, around 85,000 tonne is expected to be exported during 2018-19 season. However, several countries including Europe, Russia, Ind...
The commerce department is sensing an opportunity for exporters in the US due to the trade war with China and has identified close to 180 items where Indian players can take ad...
The Brazilian companies are expected to reach approx $80 mn in businesses in the food and agriculture sector over the next one year. Nine out of 20 companies which are visiting...
Under the Central sector scheme of lab upgrades, 29 state food safety laboratories in 25 states and Union Territories (UTs) have been taken up so far for upgrades, while FSSAI ...
The Centre's rice procurement has surpassed the target at 38 million tonnes so far in the ongoing 2017-18 marketing year that will end this month, a senior food ministry of...
Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) and co-operative institutes in the state of Maharashtra will get a subsidy of ?30.000 (€365) per container if they export fruits and veget...
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, minister of food processing industries, Government of India, has appealed to all the firms in the food processing industry to come to the aid of the victi...
India's border with Myanmar was formally opened on Wednesday to facilitate trade between the two countries, officials said. A function was held in the morning on...
India on Monday extended $200 million lines of credit to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with President Paul Kagame and discussed measures to st...
Dispelling the misconception that India subsidises its exports, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu today asserted that the country fully complies with the guidelines of the WTO, w...
India today told the Trump administration that the Generalized System of Preference program (GSP) would enhance India's development and the pace of economic reforms, urging...
The export of oilmeal in May 2018 was provisionally reported at 97,036 tonne, compared to 1,44,524 tonne in May 2017. The overall export in April and May 2018 was reported at 3...
As part of India's efforts to boost ties with Southeast Asia under its Act East Policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore from May ...
In line with the Prime Minister's ‘per drop more crop’ initiative, the government on Wednesday approved a corpus of Rs 5,000 crore for the setting up of a dedi...
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is set to hold its 27th meeting on Friday to decide on the proposals to simplify the return-filing process and consider imposing cess ...
In a bid to Promote Export of Mango and Mango products, APEDA, Ministry of Commerce and Industry in association with PHD chamber of Commerce and Industry, is organizing the Re...
Minister of State of Commerce & Industry C. R Chaudhary on Wednesday said that a total of 8,625 Start-ups have been recognised as on 30 March, 2018. ...
India-China trade talks, which ended on Tuesday, saw the two countries signing joint minutes, beating the earlier record of 2014 when it took almost a month to agree on a stat...
Long before the US lashed out at India for exceeding the time period for giving subsidies to its exporters, the government had taken cognisance of the fact that the existing e...
The Cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post-facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Iran for cooperation in the...
Delhi is all set to host the 33rd chapter of Asia’s best-known fair dedicated to the food, beverage and hospitality industries, Aahar. Organized by the India Trade Promo...
Eyeing at attracting investments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech at India Korea Business Summit 2018 said that the country is ready for business and is now transfo...
Exporters' body Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) recently said the recent decision by the DGFT to process majority of claims on HS code basis will help exp...
Exporters have sought clarity from the government on the functioning of the eway bill when goods move from dry ports to sea ports for export and when they move between special...
Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley presented the union budget for 2018-19 with a new developmental framework with prime focuses on agrarian economy, rural development, social ...
The Budget has proposed a big expansion of the network of rural roads and agricultural markets, along with concrete steps to help farmers get better prices with the help of a ...
As the new stringent EU rice import rule kicked in this month, India has asked Germany to use its good offices to resolve the issue at the earliest. ...
Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu held talks with his British counterpart, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox on Thursday, as the two countries look for opportu...
A staggering trade deficit of $51 billion with China has prompted the government to conduct a study on the impact of Chinese imports and the extent to which they have displaced...
The import of arecanut has come down significantly boosting the prices of the nut at domestic markets after the Centre increased the minimum import price (MIP) for arecanut fro...
India is looking to set up a few more land ports, buoyed by the success of such integrated check posts in Agartala and other places, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Ri...
The mid-term review of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20) has brought in additional relief worth Rs.8,450 crore annually for the labour-intensive and micro, small and medium en...
With rising onion prices becoming a recurring problem in many parts of the country, including the national capital, the Delhi government is believed to have suggested constitut...
India has increased import duties on various edible oils ranging between 60% to even 100% on some oils like crude palm oil. With prices of oilseeds plunging way below the minim...
India's onion export rose by 56 per cent to 12.29 lakh tonnes in April-July this year, but the country has now gone in for import of the kitchen staple as retail prices hav...
India is contemplating import duties on peas and lentils, says a commodity markets specialist. In an article he wrote for the Hindu Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar ...
Exporters can soon start claiming refunds for GST paid in August and September as GSTN will this week launch an online application for processing of refund, its Chief Executive...
The GST relief given to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and exporters will have a positive impact, industry body SMERA said on Monday. The GST Council on F...
The monsoon has dipped slightly below normal in recent days and its distribution has been uneven, but rainfall is again on the upswing with forecast of heavy showers in the mai...
The country has sufficient stock of sugar available and there are no plans to allow further imports of the sweetener at zero duty, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today. ...
Indias Foreign Trade Policy Statement released in 2015emphasises the need of a branding strategy. The India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) established by the Department of Com...
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