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Oct 07, 2025 News Image World’s Biggest Rice Buyer Philippines to Prolong Import Ban.
The Philippines plans to broadly extend its ban on rice imports until April to support farmers in the world’s biggest buyer of the grain, a move that’s likely to put further pressure on global prices. The Southeast Asian nation will only allow inbound shipments for about a month in January, when it needs to bring in at least 300,000 tons of the grain from overseas, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. told lawmakers at a hearing at the House of Representatives on Monday. The restriction, which was supposed to last for just 60 days, started on Sept. 1.
 Source:  bloomberg.com
Oct 07, 2025 News Image Indian coffee faces increasing competition from Uganda, Ethiopia.
As the premiums for Indian coffee, especially the robustas have widened over the past several months, exporters are facing increased competition from other origins such as Uganda and Ethiopia. The differentials for Indian robusta parchment AB are currently hovering in the range of $1,200-1,300 per tonne over the LIFFE (London International Financial Futures Exchange) prices. In early January, the price differential was in the range of $800-900 per tonne.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Oct 07, 2025 News Image India–EFTA TEPA explained: Growth, investment, and affordable European products for Indian consumers.
The India–European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA), signed on March 10, 2024, and effective from October 1, 2025, marks a historic milestone in India’s trade diplomacy. For the first time, India has entered into a comprehensive agreement with developed European nations Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein unlocking a new dimension of economic partnership.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Oct 07, 2025 News Image India, Qatar target mid-2026 for Free Trade Agreement signing: Piyush Goyal.
India and Qatar are on track to finalise a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by mid-2026, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced Monday during a business delegation visit aimed at expanding bilateral trade and investment. 'I would think that sometime by the middle of next year, or third quarter of next year, we will be able to finalise an FTA, if not earlier,' Goyal told reporters in Doha.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Oct 07, 2025 News Image Livestock feed body visits US for 'feasibility' study of seeds.
Amidst the ongoing India and the US trade negotiations, in which agriculture is a point of contention, a team of the feed industry body Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association (CLFMA) of India, visited the maize, sorghum and dairy industry from Iowa and Texas to study the feasibility of these feeds for the Indian industry, in case the country pens these imports in future. The delegation met with the officials from the United Sorghum Checkoff Program, Kansas State University, Clemson University, and the U.S. Grains Council. They also met the Governor and Agriculture Secretary of Iowa.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Oct 07, 2025 News Image India's poultry sector eyes domestic consumption over exports amid cost pressures.
India's poultry industry is prioritising domestic consumption over exports, citing high production costs and a vast untapped local market, senior industry officials said on Monday. Despite ranking second globally in egg production, India ranks 25th or 26th in egg exports, said Tarun Sridhar, former secretary in the Union Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Poultry, at a curtain raiser for the 17th Poultry India Expo to be held November 25-28 in Hyderabad.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Oct 06, 2025 News Image APEDA's Reverse Buyer-Seller Meet attracts 530 global buyers and enables 4,600+ B2B meetings.
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry participated as the Export Partner in the 4th edition of World Food India (WFI) 2025, held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, as per a press release by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. 'As Export Partner, APEDA organized the Reverse Buyer-Seller Meet (RBSM), which attracted more than 530 international buyers from 68 countries, including leading supermarket chains such as Walmart, Nesto, Al Madina, Mustafa Singapore, and Choithram. Over 4,654 curated B2B meetings were held during the event, providing Indian exporters and startups an unprecedented platform to explore new markets, showcase innovative products, and establish long-term business linkages,' the release said.
 Source:  tribuneindia.com
Oct 06, 2025 News Image Global conflicts test the resilience of Indian agricultural exports.
In September 2025, the US escalated pressure on India—urging the European Union to impose up to 100 per cent tariffs on Indian goods in a bid to curb Russian oil revenues. This move came shortly after America doubled its tariffs on India to 50 per cent, penalising New Delhi for importing Russian energy. These heavy-duty crosswinds now threaten Indian agricultural exports just as they were gathering momentum.
 Source:  firstpost.com
Oct 06, 2025 News Image ‘China, India can mutually benefit if we lower the barriers to trade’.
The Trump administration’s tariffs may have reduced China’s exports to the US by 15 per cent this year, but the global chaos caused by the abandonment of international rules has had a bigger adverse impact than the direct hit from the tariffs. According to Bai Chong-En, Dean of School of Economics and Management at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, people should instead come together to improve international rules instead of acting unilaterally and imposing their rule on others.
 Source:  indianexpress.com
Oct 06, 2025 News Image Govt eases rules for rice export to Europe.
Under the revised norms, exporters shipping rice to EU member states and European countries, namely the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, are permitted subject to issuance of certificate of inspection by the Export Inspection Council or Export Inspection Agency. However, for other European countries, the mandatory inspection certificate requirement has been temporarily waived for six months, until April 2, 2026.
 Source:  tribuneindia.com