A four-day comprehensive capacity-building workshop organised by the Indian Embassy in Bhutan on food import regulations and requirements has concluded today. The workshop was held as a part of awareness sessions led by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR Airport) has concluded its mango export season, shipping 822 Metric Tonnes (MT) of mangoes in 2024, a 20% increase from the previous year.

India on Thursday said it has permitted the export of essential commodities, which are under the prohibited or restricted category, to Maldives during the fiscal from Kandla and Vishakhapatnam seaports also.

Despite a drop in its agriculture exports in 2023 to $51 billion from $55 billion in 2022, India maintained its position as world’s eighth largest exporter of agriculture products in the year as seven of the top ten exporting nations witnessed a decline, per figures collated by the WTO.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal during an interaction here expressed hope that government efforts to boost semiconductor manufacturing, domestic shipping and a reduction in imports of oilseeds, rubber and pulses will help the rupee appreciate against the dollar.

Vijayawada, The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to India, Abdulnasser Alshaali, on Thursday said here that bilateral trade between the Middle Eastern country and India rose by 15 per cent to USD 83.6 billion in fiscal 2023-24, powered by the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

India and Vietnam have signed loan agreements worth $300 million through a credit line that will help the Southeast Asian nation to undertake and complete its maritime projects.

For the first time since 2021, groundnut sowing in Gujarat has crossed 18 lakh hectares (lh) during the ongoing kharif season 2024. Lower yields from cotton crop, pink bollworm infestation and possible presence of fake Bt cotton seeds are luring more farmers to pick groundnut, experts say.