After a tough exports season last year, mango growers in India are looking at higher exports this year, and targeting newer markets. Malaysia and Argentina have emerged as the new markets for the Indian mango this season with exports to the Middle East expected to commence next month onwards, senior officials of the Maharashtra State […]
Cumin exports from India are likely to cross 2 lakh tonne by the end of the current season, in the next couple of months. Turkey and Syria are the two major producers of cumin, with Afghanistan also cultivating small quantities of cumin. This year, however, Turkey and Syria have reportedly produced less cumin this season. […]
Gems and Jewllery exporters have urged the government to provide support measures in the next foreign trade policy (FTP), 2020-2025, being formulated by the commerce ministry, to boost the country’s outbound shipments. Different suggestions were made by representatives of different export promotion councils during their meeting with the commerce ministry. Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) […]
South America’s adversity has turned out to be India’s blessing. Because of planting delays and the rains that have disrupted soyabean plantation and delayed harvest in south American countries like Brazil and Argentina, Soybean meal exports from India rose nearly six fold to 3.36 lakh tonnes during January because of higher demand in global markets. […]
India’s exports of cereals — rice, wheat and coarse cereals — rose by 52% in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, according to the state-run Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). The total exports of cereals during the period rose to $4.5 billion, accounting for 48.6% of the total export […]
India’s export of dairy products has declined 3.2 per cent in rupee terms during the April-October 2020 period due to COVID-19 pandemic, but steps are being taken to help recover from the loss, the government told Parliament on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and […]
Andhra Pradesh is planning to use a deepwater port to export rice for the first time in decades amid a global shortage of the grain. This could raise rice shipments from India this year by almost 20 per cent. The government order, as reported by Reuters, allows Kakinada Deep Water Port to handle rice until […]
A trial shipment of rough diamond of miner Rio Tinto from Canada arrived at the Surat International Diatrade Centre (SIDC) last week before it starts operating likely from next month, an official of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said. The SIDC at Surat’s Gujarat Hira Bourse was declared a special notified zone […]
Almost a month after the government of India lifted the ban on exports of onions, India has managed to export only 40,000-50,000 tonnes because of a lukewarm response from the international market. India exported onions valued at $198 million in the April-June period of FY21 and $440 million through 2019-20. The country had exported around […]
It has been a dismal story for Guar producers in 2020. Guar prices were already negative affected in 2019 by weak demand from global markets, and in 2020 the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic made the situation far worse for the Guar seed industry. Demand from the oil rig companies where usage of guar gum to extract oil is higher, halted. World markets had turned sluggish mainly because of a slump in demand […]
