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17 Oct, 2025 News Image India, Brazil agree to expand scope of existing trade pact between India-Mercosur bloc.
India and Brazil on Thursday agreed to expand the scope of existing preferential trade pact between New Delhi and four South American nation bloc Mercosur to boost economic ties. Mercosur is a trading bloc in Latin America, comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image Russia to boost banana import from India.
Russia could import up to half million metric tonnes of bananas from India, the country's phytosanitary watchdog here said. Rosselkhoznadzor --- phytosanitary watchdog which gives the approval for import of agro-products from foreign countries --- on Wednesday issued a statement saying that India may increase its banana supplies to the Russian market.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image Ensuring trust in Indian organics: APEDA fines exporters, tightens compliance.
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has launched a stringent crackdown on irregularities in India’s organic certification system, suspending six certification agencies and imposing fines on exporters for violating National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) guidelines. The move underscores APEDA’s commitment to maintaining the integrity and international credibility of India’s rapidly expanding organic export sector.
 Source:  agrospectrumindia.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image India launches global AgXelerate platform to connect agri-innovators with global markets.
To connect agricultural innovators with international markets, a cross-border agri-platform Global AgXelerate was launched here on Wednesday, positioning India as a critical node in the global agri-innovation network. The capital investments and technology ecosystems platform, launched by AgVaya and BioSTL, with support from the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and Federation of Seed Industry of India, will link startups, incubators and investors from the US, Brazil, UK, Netherlands, Israel, Argentina and Australia to create market pathways for science-based solutions in regenerative agriculture.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image India, EU trade pact talks in last leg: Commerce Secy.
The negotiations between India and the European Union on the proposed free trade agreement are progressing 'very well' and have reached the last leg, a senior government official said on Wednesday. The two sides concluded their 14th round of negotiations in Brussels last week, but some Indian officials have stayed back to conclude talks on Rules of Origin (ROO), Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal told reporters here.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image India seeks tariff solution in US trade talks: Commerce Secretary.
India is looking for a 'win-win solution' in its trade talks with the US that would also address the 'tariff issue', with New Delhi keen to make additional energy purchases of $12-13 billion from Washington, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said Wednesday. India is open to expand oil purchases from the US, provided it comes at the 'right price', he said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image Ghana’s Rice Import Grows Despite Decades of Gov’t Interventions.
Ghana’s decades-long struggle to reduce rice importation continues despite multiple government interventions dating back to the 1960s, a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has revealed. The report, titled 'Increasing Importation of Rice in Ghana: Can the Country Transform Its Fortunes in the Rice Sector,' finds that successive governments’ strategies to curb rice imports have failed to address the fundamental challenges facing the local rice industry.
 Source:  newsghana.com.gh
16 Oct, 2025 News Image India’s coffee carry forward stocks for 2025-26 likely to be higher.
India’s carry-forward stocks of coffee for the year 2025-26, starting October, are likely to be higher than normal as export volumes have slowed down due to high prices, while a section of growers have held back their produce anticipating higher prices. Coffee prices have been volatile in the recent months and stakeholders said a section of growers are not in a hurry to sell waiting for prices to move up further. India, the seventh largest producer of the coffees, exports over two thirds of its annual output of around 3.6 lakh tonnes.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image Indian govt creates funds to promote carabeef exports, may get ₹30 cr/year.
The Commerce Ministry has created a commodity-specific fund for promoting buffalo meat (carabeef) exports from India. Exporters need to pay Rs. 250/tonne to the official agri export promotion body Apeda from October 29 at the time of applying online for the health certificate, which is mandatory before physical shipments are allowed by the Customs. This may help the government collect over Rs. 30 crore per year.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
16 Oct, 2025 News Image FM inaugurates agri processing centre in Koppal.
Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Farmers’ Training and Common Facility Centre for Agro Processing (FT-CFC) at Methagal village in Koppal district and flagged off the first consignment of dry ginger powder on Wednesday. The FT-CFC is the first-of-its-kind initiative in the seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka region, designed to promote value addition, reduce post-harvest losses, and generate sustainable income for farmers.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com