Negotiations for all the proposed free trade agreements, including those with the UK and European Union (EU), are progressing as per the schedule and the country's FTAs are not paused, a top government official has said. The official said that an impression is going around that FTAs are paused, which is not correct.

Australia has expressed interest in exploring opportunities in India's agri-tech space and further strengthening trade ties, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. Australian High Commissioner Philip Green, who paid a courtesy visit to Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi on Thursday, discussed new opportunities for collaboration in agriculture and allied sectors.

India accords high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday (November 17, 2024) as he held wide-ranging talks with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with a focus on shoring up bilateral cooperation in sectors such as defence, trade and energy.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Notification No. 22/2024-25 dated 14th November 2024, has proposed a new update to India’s export policy. The notification describes the introduction of a harmonized Schedule-II (Export Policy) based on 8-digit ITC (HS) codes.

India’s total exports (Merchandise and Services combined) for October 2024* is estimated at USD 73.21 Billion, registering a positive growth of 19.08 percent vis-à-vis October 2023.Total imports (Merchandise and Services combined) for October 2024* is estimated at USD 83.33 Billion, registering a positive growth of 7.77 percent vis-à-vis October 2023.

India and the Netherlands discussed ways to strengthen agricultural collaboration during a meeting between Mr. Jan-Kees Goet, Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the Netherlands, and Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi today, a PIB release stated.

Trade and investment are important pillars of India and Saudi Arabia partnership and the two countries are strengthening collaboration in new areas including technology, energy, renewable energy, connectivity, health and education, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director-General Himanshu Pathak said there is an immediate need to strengthen start-ups to address the challenges facing the agricultural sector in the country.

India is confident of achieving $100 billion in annual bilateral trade with Russia well ahead of the timeline of 2030 and a more substantive relationship between the two nations has a larger global resonance, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.