With the new government taking charge in Britain, senior officials of India and the UK will hold the next round of talks this month for the proposed free trade agreement to resolve the pending issues and close the negotiations, an official said.

Indian meat exporters have a significant opportunity to increase their share in overall meat export to Egypt, even to 100 per cent from the current 75-80 per cent, the ambassador of Egypt to India, Wael Mohamed Awad Hamed, said on Friday at a function held in New Delhi.

India is a leading producer of quality bananas. Globally, India's export share is less than one percent and it is ranked 18th among major banana exporter nations. Smaller countries are well ahead in banana exports than us. India's banana export last year was US$ 290.9 million. An important discussion on how the export of bananas will cross the US$1 billion mark was held in a meeting with APEDA Meeting of banana growers and exporters held at Jain Hills. For this to happen, the training of farmers for fruitcare management along with infrastructure facilities, pack house, cold storage, safe, fast and low cost transportation facilities from farm to pack house are subjects which were also discussed.

India and Qatar are set to hold their first joint working group (JWG) meeting on trade issues this week to further push bilateral trade by identifying and removing tariff and non-tariff barriers, including regulatory hurdles, sources have said.

The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru has reaffirmed its status as India's leading hub for perishable exports, marking its fourth consecutive year at the top.

Indian Ambassador to Iran Rudra Gaurav Shresth says that if the Iranian economy was not under the pressure of sanctions, the volume of trade between the two countries could reach $16 billion while it is now as low as $2 billion.

Egypt has decided to formally open an office in India to ensure that meat exported from the South Asian country conforms to Halal standards set by it. The certifying agency will initially deal with meat while more products in other categories will be included later.

The Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board has successfully exported 3,397 tonnes of mangoes, worth Rs 55.89 crore, to various countries this season. The mangoes were shipped from three export facility centres in Vashi, Mumbai, and one in Baramati.

Belgium's Ambassador to India, Didier Vanderhasselt, recently announced an increase in exports from India to Belgium during the inauguration of Colruyt Group's Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Coimbatore.