Govt eyeing $1 bn exports of alcoholic drinks in subsequent few years: APEDA

With the worldwide demand for Indian spirits rising at a wholesome fee, the federal government is planning to advertise each Indian alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks within the worldwide markets and is eyeing $1 billion (about ₹8,000 crore) exports within the subsequent few years. The commerce ministry’s arm APEDA (Agricultural & Processed Meals Merchandise Export Improvement … Read more

Customs officers detain two ships with ‘natural’ rice containers

Two ships with natural rice export consignments have been detained at India’s Kandla port by Customized officers even because the Agricultural and Processed Meals Merchandise Growth Authority (Apeda) has requested Customs officers to carry up all natural rice containers for scrutiny, commerce sources within the know mentioned. This follows businessline’s report that non-organic white (uncooked) … Read more

Dept of Commerce ought to allocate extra funds to Apeda, says report

Agricultural and Processed Meals Export Growth Authority (Apeda) has acquired the bottom allocation of ₹80 crore from the Division of Commerce, a report on the influence of the Apeda export promotion scheme has mentioned. The allocation comprised 11.95 per cent of the overall, regardless of agriculture exports making up the very best share in shipments … Read more

India ought to increase, diversify its agriculture export basket, says APEDA official

India ought to deal with diversifying and increasing its agriculture export basket in order that higher-value merchandise might be shipped out as an alternative of major merchandise, says Parashram Pati, Director, Agricultural and Processed Meals Merchandise Export Improvement Authority (APEDA), and senior advisor, Agriculture, Maharashtra Establishment for Transformation. Additionally learn:FSSAI, APEDA develop Unified India Natural … Read more

Sea protocol for mangoes, bananas, oranges to spice up recent produce exports

Plans are afoot to ship trial shipments of mangoes by means of the ocean route this summer time to the UK, Russia and Japan and  additionally perform a trial static run for transport the fruit to the US. That is a part of the federal government’s latest efforts to develop sea protocols for rising exports … Read more