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Indian mango growers to seize malaysian market

India, the world's largest mango exporter, planned to expand its market share in Malaysia this year after exports were forecast to hit 70,000 tonnes this season.After a pre-season fear of mango production could dip this year, mainly the delicious Alphonso variety.

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Bumper basmati crop not good news for exporters

The bumper production of basmati rice in the major producing belt (Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pardesh) has undermined the bargaining power of basmati exporters, as they face payment hurdles from buyers in Iran and West Asia.

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Netherlands agri-food team to visit from June 7 for B2B meets; JVs expected

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is organising a business to business (B2B) meeting with a 25-member agri & food delegation from the Netherlands visiting India.The delegation will be led by Henk Bleker, minister for agriculture & foreign trade, the Netherlands.

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Russia bans EU vegetable imports

Russia on Thursday banned the import of fresh vegetables from all European Union countries because of the deadly E. coli bacteria scare, the head of the consumer protection agency said."The fresh vegetable import ban affecting all EU countries went into effect this morning".