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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) from 12.45 million hectares of planted area.

Assuming normal weather conditions, total oilseed production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (October-September) is forecast at upwards of 38 million metric tons (MMT), 8 percent....

On March 29, 2019, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) notified the quantitative restrictions for the Indian fiscal year (IFY) 2019/20 (April/March) on imports of pulses including mung beans,

On March 29, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date from April 1, 2019, to May 2, 2019, of the proposed increase....

India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production estimate is 29.3 million 480 lb. bales on 12.45 million hectares. Yields are expected to rebound in most of the states after an erratic monsoon...

India is heading for third consecutive record wheat harvest with marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (April/March) production forecast at 100 million metric tons (MMT).

Annapoorna World of Food India 2018 will take place from September 27 to 29, 2018, at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai.

Food and Hotel India 2018 will take place from September 5 to 7, at the Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai.

India issued multiple amendments for regulations related to food imports, food additives, standards, contaminants, toxins, labeling, and packaging in calendar year (CY) 2016.

The Government of India extended the ban on milk and dairy product imports from China for six months. The ban has been in place since 2008.

On May 10, 2018, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a notice that prior to publication they will implement the final Food Safety and Standards....

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has increased the allowable rectifiable labeling list for imported food products.