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APEDA to promote sea shipment of mangoes

In a bid to help mango exporters, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has recently decided to encourage sea shipment of mangoes. This was informed by an official from Apeda to FnB News over telephone.

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India: Grape exports decrease by 50%

Grape exports fell by 50 per cent this year as farmers preferred to sell their produce in domestic markets that offered high prices. Last year grape growers and exporters in the state suffered a major loss when European Union countries rejected grapes due to higher than permissible residue of a growth hormone.

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EU slims trade benefits

The European Union took steps to revamp its trade benefits scheme for emerging markets including India, Russia and Brazil.EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht proposed a reform plan in France on Tuesday for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which provide tariff cuts for developing countries.

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EU - Meat prices 36% more than 2010

Food prices remained virtually steady in April after falling in March following eight months of successive increases, FAO announced Thursday. However, while the FAO Food Price Index averaged 232 points in April, little changed from March, it was still 36% above April 2010 and only two percent below its peak in February 2011.