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09 Oct, 2025 News Image Government-backed platform makes sourcing India's main seasonal fruits easier for overseas buyers.
India's National Co-operative Exports Limited (NCEL) is a new national cooperative federation envisioned to supply a range of Indian grapes, pomegranates, bananas, mangoes, and onions directly to overseas buyers, says Sanjay Suryawanshi, Business Head, Fruits and Vegetables. 'Approved by the Union Cabinet and registered in January 2023, the federation now works with around 11,585 member cooperatives, spanning major producing states and crop categories.'
 Source:  freshplaza.com
09 Oct, 2025 News Image India-UK Trade Ministers Hold Bilateral Meeting in Mumbai.
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, and the Rt. Hon. Peter Kyle, UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, held a bilateral meeting in Mumbai today to chart a renewed course for the India–UK trade and investment partnership. The meeting marked a significant step towards operationalising the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), with both Ministers agreeing to reposition the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) to oversee its implementation and delivery.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
09 Oct, 2025 News Image World Bank economist says for lower tariffs & trade pacts can transform India’s manufacturing and exports.
India could unlock transformative growth in manufacturing and exports by combining tariff reductions with broader trade agreements that expand market access and ease non-tariff barriers, said Franziska Ohnsorge, World Bank’s chief economist for South Asia, calling for trade reforms coupled with internal measures for bigger gains. 'If this (higher US tariffs) can be the trigger for finalising these trade agreements that have been under negotiation for a long time, it could be transformative, especially for manufacturing,' Ohnsorge said in an interview.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
09 Oct, 2025 News Image Scotch whisky in spotlight as UK PM Keir Starmer begins India visit.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer begins a two-day visit to India on Wednesday with the Scotch whisky industry in the spotlight as a 'big winner' of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which the UK government expects will grow the Scottish economy by 190 million pounds a year. Downing Street said Scotch Whisky Association members and producers are part of Starmer's trade mission to explore first-hand a potential increase in whisky sales to India worth an estimated 1 billion pounds a year, creating more than 1,000 new UK jobs.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
09 Oct, 2025 News Image e-NAM Platform Expanded: 09 New Commodities Added to Boost India’s largest digital agri-trade platform.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, has further strengthened the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) by expanding its coverage with the inclusion of 09 additional commodities, taking the total number of tradable agricultural commodities on the platform to 247. This significant step has been taken in response to the continuous demand from farmers, traders, and other stakeholders for wider commodity coverage and deeper market integration.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
09 Oct, 2025 News Image FSSAI forms special panel to review organic food products norms.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is set to review the existing regulations with respect to organic food products. It is learnt that a special panel has been constituted by the food authority for the same.
 Source:  fnbnews.com
09 Oct, 2025 News Image India and New Zealand plan apple industry collaboration.
A collaboration between Indian and New Zealand researchers and apple growers is being developed, with industry representatives from both countries expecting benefits. Steve Ainsworth, divisional manager for bilateral relations and trade at the Ministry for Primary Industries, said that in September, New Zealand High Commissioner Patrick Rata and a delegation from the New Zealand apple sector met with Sukhvinder Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, to discuss apple industry cooperation.
 Source:  freshplaza.com
09 Oct, 2025 News Image APEDA allowed to retain 30% of non-Basmati export fee; Basmati exporters cry foul over disparity.
The Commerce Ministry has authorised its agri-export promotion body, APEDA, to retain a 30 per cent share of the funds collected from the registration fee for non-Basmati export contracts, which is set at Rs. 8 per tonne (plus GST), while simultaneously establishing a committee to decide on the utilisation of the remaining funds. This arrangement, however, has created dissatisfaction among many Basmati rice exporters who are questioning how they were compelled to share 50 per cent of the funds for a similar developmental purpose.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
08 Oct, 2025 News Image India-Qatar bilateral trade can be doubled by 2030: Piyush Goyal.
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, is on an official visit to Doha, Qatar to co-chair the meeting of the India-Qatar Joint Commission on Economic and Commercial Cooperation along with H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Thbin Faisal Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the State of Qatar. The first day of his visit began with a floral tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Embassy of India in Doha, followed by the planting of a sapling under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative, symbolising India's commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship, as per the release.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
08 Oct, 2025 News Image ‘Big project with Indian government’, German Envoy lauds German project’s success in agricultural sector.
German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann said that Germany is trying to help Indian farming techniques be more efficient and sustainable. Ackermann, who also met Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu, told ANI that collaboration in the field of agriculture has been great. 'I think agriculture is an important area here. Germany is active here. Already together with the government, we are trying to make farming more efficient and sustainable. So, there are programmes here to convince farmers to go to natural farming and get efficiency up. That's a big project we are doing together with the Indian government and as far as I know, this project has been very successful so far.'
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com