India’s rose boom tests export ambitions as trade deals multiply.
As India seals sweeping trade agreements with major global partners policymakers are betting that high-value agriculture can drive the country's next export surge. But in rose-growing villages of the south, farmers say the reality of export markets remains far more distant than the headlines suggest, Robert Bociaga reports.
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India's hidden Air cargo corridors present major opportunity for global carriers.
India’s export surge is increasingly being driven far beyond its largest cities, yet much of the global air cargo industry remains concentrated in the country’s major metropolitan gateways. As manufacturing expands across India’s industrial hinterland, a widening gap between export demand and available airfreight capacity is revealing a major opportunity for international carriers willing to rethink how they approach the market.
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Agriculture a strategic pillar for India’s long-term growth: PM Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said agriculture remains a strategic pillar of India’s long-term development and called for scaling up high-value farming and boosting the quality and branding of agricultural products. Speaking at the third post-Budget webinar on agriculture and the rural economy, Modi said the government has taken several steps to strengthen the sector and reduce risks for farmers.
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'Lighter yields for premium alphonso mangoes in India's Konkan belt'.
As India gears up for the 2026 mango season, growers and exporters face a tricky mix of challenges and openings. Yashraj Phatak, a third generation alphonso farmer, Director at ShivKonkan Farmer Producer Company and Partner at Shreevali Agro shares an orchard-level view: 'We are based in Sindhudurg, which is Maharashtra's premium mango heartland representing GI certified farmers with full traceability via MangoNet registration. Overall average production in the Konkan belt is estimated to be significantly lower than a normal year at around 20% of full capacity due to uneven flowering and reduced fruit setting.'
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Stranded West Asia cargo sees anchor in local market.
Exporters with stranded containers at Indian ports due to the West Asia conflict have started filing 'back to town' applications to avoid paying hefty demurrage and detention charges, said people familiar with the developments. Nearly half of the 38,000 stranded containers are being taken back, and their goods either stored or sold in the domestic market, the people told ET.
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Not going, bananas: Ramzan ripe time for most-exported fruit but Iran war a spoiler.
Bananas-India's top fruit export by volume-have become the unlikely casualty of the festering conflict in West Asia. The closure of Strait of Hormuz, the vital narrow shipping lane linking the Gulf to global markets, has stranded vessels carrying bananas from India, leaving exporters scrambling to save thousands of tonnes of the highly perishable cargo.
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US-India trade deal is almost at finish line: US Deputy Secretary of State Landau.
The United States will work with India to make sure that its short and long-term energy needs are met, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on Thursday amid concerns over disruptions in flow of crude oil following the crisis in West Asia. Global oil and gas prices have surged after Iran has virtually blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping lane between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
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Rice exporters urge govt to recognise Iran crisis shipping disruption as force majeure.
The Indian Rice Exporters' Federation (IREF) has requested the government to issue an official advisory/notification recognising the current Iran-crisis-linked shipping/logistics disruption as a force-majeure-type / exceptional circumstance. This will ease contractual performance issues and reduce undue pressure from buyers in the form of forced price reductions, penalties, or unilateral cancellations for circumstances beyond exporters’ control.
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West Asia conflict halts Maharashtra grape exports, 16,000 tonnes at risk.
The escalation of conflict in West Asia has halted Maharashtra’s grape exports to Gulf countries, leaving thousands of tonnes of consignments stranded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) in Navi Mumbai and raising concerns about a supply glut in the domestic market. According to traders and industry representatives, about 300 containers of grapes—roughly 3,900 tonnes—had already been loaded for export to Gulf markets via Dubai when shipments were disrupted by the deteriorating geopolitical situation involving the United States, Israel and Iran.
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Telangana pegs rabi paddy production at 1.46 crore tonnes.
After registering a bumper paddy crop of about 1.46 crore tonnes in the kharif season, Telangana estimates it will see a repeat of that number in the rabi season as well, taking the total annual paddy production to 2.96 crore tonnes. As the season comes to a close, the Government is preparing to procure at least two-thirds of the produce, spending over Rs.20,000 crore.
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