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19 Nov, 2025 News Image U.S. tariff change boosts outlook for Indian farm exports.
Indian agricultural exporters are positioned to gain from U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to exempt dozens of food items from his reciprocal tariffs regime. Trump removed tariffs on more than 200 food products, amid consumer concerns about rising grocery prices in the U.S.
 Source:  freshplaza.com
19 Nov, 2025 News Image Good news on US deal once fair and equitable terms are reached: Piyush Goyal.
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday that the "good news" on the India-US trade pact will come when the terms become fair, equitable and balanced. Negotiation for a trade agreement is a process and India has to secure the interests of its farmers, fishermen and small industry, Goyal said at the Indo-US Economic Summit, organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce here.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
19 Nov, 2025 News Image Prime Minister to honour 10 organic farmers during his visit to Coimbatore on Nov. 19.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will honour 10 organic farmers during his visit to Coimbatore on November 19 to address the South India Natural Farming Summit. Five thousand farmers will attend the summit. The Prime Minister is scheduled to begin his address shortly after 1 p.m., and interact with the farmers practising natural farming. The premise of the organisers is that the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, with whom two rounds of discussions were held for conduct of the event, would be attending the Summit, as a matter of protocol, said P.R. Pandian, Organising Committee Coordinator.
 Source:  thehindu.com
18 Nov, 2025 News Image India’s sugar production up 48% at 1 mln ton, mills report higher recovery.
India’s sugar production started on a positive note this year with 10.50 lakh tonnes (lt) produced until November 15 during the current sugar season that began from October 1, up from 7.1 lt year-ago thanks to more number of mills starting crushing and reporting higher juice recovery. The commencement of new crushing season in Maharashtra was delayed this year as was planned earlier due to rains. Now, the cane price agitations in Karnataka and Maharashtra have slowed down the cane crushing operation, the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) said in a statement.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
18 Nov, 2025 News Image Despite global price weakness and US tariffs, India’s agricultural exports show strong momentum in first half of current financial year.
India’s agricultural exports have been growing faster than the country’s overall merchandise exports, showing a strong performance even when many other sectors are slowing down. Government data for April to September 2025 shows that farm exports touched $25.9 billion, which is an increase of 8.8% from the same period last year, with $23.8 billion for the corresponding six months.
 Source:  opindia.com
18 Nov, 2025 News Image India to gain from US reciprocal tariff cuts on some agri items: Commerce ministry.
India is expected to gain from the US decision to roll back reciprocal tariffs on certain agricultural products such as tea, coffee and spices, the commerce ministry said on Monday. A White House Executive Order issued on November 12 excludes coffee, tea, tropical fruits, fruit juices, cocoa, spices, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, beef and certain fertilisers from the April 2 reciprocal tariff regime. The exemptions took effect on November 13.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
18 Nov, 2025 News Image Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Holds Bilateral Meeting with New Zealand Trade Minister to Further India–New Zealand FTA Negotiations.
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal today held a bilateral meeting with New Zealand’s Minister for Trade, Todd McClay, in Mumbai to advance discussions on the proposed India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The engagement marked an important step in the ongoing negotiations, with both Ministers focusing on convergence across key disciplines relating to trade in goods and services.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
18 Nov, 2025 News Image India-US trade pact: First stage 'nearing closure'.
The first tranche of the proposed India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA), which would aim to address the unprecedented 50% tariff slapped on Indian goods, is 'nearing closure', said a government official. 'We are engaged with the US on the BTA,' the official said, explaining that the trade pact contains multiple packages.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
18 Nov, 2025 News Image Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates Asian Seed Congress 2025 in Mumbai.
​The Asian Seed Congress 2025 was inaugurated by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Mumbai today. ​The logo for the Asian Seed Congress 2025 was also unveiled during the inaugural function, and the theme for this year's Congress is 'Sowing the Seeds of Prosperity through Quality Seeds.'
 Source:  pib.gov.in
18 Nov, 2025 News Image Bangladesh: Rice imports go up to build contingency stock.
Bangladesh ramps up rice import to build a contingency stock with the buys having soared over 8,133 per cent in value during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, statistics show. Officials say the import spree is driven by a sharp fall in international prices of the staple, particularly in neighbouring India.
 Source:  today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd