India’s exports of agricultural products, including marine and plantation products, for 2021-22 hit a record at $50 billion, an increase by 20% year on year. As per the provisional figures released by DGCIS ( Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics) last week, the export growth has been achieved mostly because of a surge in shipments […]
The government said exports of mango and pomegranate from India to the US will start from January-February to boost the country’s outbound shipments of agriproducts. Exports of pomegranate aril to the US and imports of Alfalfa hay & cherries from US will also begin from April 2022. India had not exported mangoes to the US […]
India and the US agreed to ensure greater market access in certain farm commodities after a gap of four years to provide a fresh impetus to bilateral trade. Both commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and US trade representative Katherine Tai, also agreed to pursue a social security totalisation agreement. A totalisation agreement removes dual […]
Exports of India’s organic farm products shot up in 2020-21 to cross $1 billion mark. The pandemic year saw a surge in overseas demand by 51% year on year during FY21, beating Covid-induced hiccups in the supply chain. Outbound shipments of organic products hit $1,040 million last fiscal, compared with $689 million a year before, […]
Onion, tomato, and potato prices may soon moderate as the government expects their production to significantly increase in the current fiscal. Onion production is expected to increase by 7.17 per cent on-year, while potato and tomato productions are expected to increase by 3.49 per cent and 1.68 per cent on-year respectively, according to the Department […]
By Ritwik Sinha Farmers in the desert district of Barmer in the western Indian state of Rajasthan are increasingly turning to pomegranates as part of their strategy to diversify to commercial crops. Bazra, moth, moong and guar have been traditional crops of the region, but pomegranates cultivation has made a significant headway since the beginning […]
