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FAS Post estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) with a planting area of 12.5 million hectares.

On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date, from May 2, 2019, to May 16, 2019, of the proposed increase in the basic custom....

On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a notice to extend its timeline for imports of specialty foods for special medical....

On May 24, 2019, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification that biofuel imports (non-fuel use) in India will now require....

No significant changes in the PSD for rice, wheat and corn to report.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) published its second long-range forecast predicting a normal Southwest Monsoon (June to September) for 2019.

FAS Post estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) from 12.45 million hectares of planted area.

On February 6, 2018, the Government of India (GOI) raised the import duty on chickpeas from 30 percent to 40 percent ad valorem, to curb imports as farmers are set to harvest the local crop....

On February 1, 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely presented the Government of India’s (GOI) annual budget for Indian Fiscal Year (IFY) 2018/19.

The annual AAHAR International Food and Hospitality Fair will be held March 13-17, 2018, at Pragati Maidan exhibition hall in New Delhi.