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The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published an order to revise inspection and sampling fees for imported food products.

India notified its draft amendments to the World Trade Organization (WTO) relating to standards for rice, basmati rice, chia seeds, gari (cassava product), edible cassava flour, roasted Bengal gram...

On November 24, 2017, India notified to the World Trade Organization a draft regulation on advertisements and claims and invited comments from its member countries.

On October 13, 2017, Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) amended the standards of milk and dairy products.

India notified its 2017 draft packaging Regulations to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and invited comments from trading partners.

Post forecasts marketing year (MY) 2017/18 Indian apple imports will decrease year on year about 5 percent to 0.35 Million Metric Tons (MMT).

On October 23, 2017, the State of Gujarat announced a bonus of about 3.5 cents per pound (Rs. 500 per 100 kg) be paid to farmers for seed cotton.

The Indian coffee crop for marketing year (Oct/Sep) 2017/18 is forecast at 5.6 million 60-kg bags owing to an increase in Robusta production due to favorable moisture and weather conditions.

Line graph comparing U.S. agricultural trade to and from India. In 2016, the U.S. imported $2.1 billion, while exporting $1.3 billion worth of agriculture.

For marketing year (MY) 2017/18 (May to April), Post’s estimates for total rice area and production is lowered to 11.3 million hectares and 33.1 million tons (MMT) due to heavy and prolonged rain....

Pakistan’s soybean imports during 2016/17 reached a record 1.6 million metric tons (MMT) and are forecast at 2 MMT in 2017/18 based on preliminary bookings.

MY 2017/18 milled rice production at 107.5 million metric tons (MMT) on lower than expected planting and yield due to suboptimal weather conditions during critical growth stages....