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The Dollar Business Bureau Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Sunday that India is the second largest producer of horticultural crops and fruits after China, and added that this is the result of research and development projects in horticulture crops. “Research and development projects in horticulture crops have yielded encouraging results, as a result, the production of horticulture crops have been more than food grains irrespective of adverse climatic conditions,” Singh said, while speaking at the World Orange Day 2017 event in Nagpur.  “After China, India is the second largest producer of horticultural crops and fruits,” he added. The Minister said that during 2015-16, over 9 crore metric tonne of fruits were produced on 63 lakhs hectare of land. As ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The EU was the largest destination of exports for Philippines in March this year. The latest statistics by Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed that exports to European Union member countries, with 16.2% share to total merchandise exports amounted to $901.24 million.  It rose by 56.2% from $577.04 million recorded in March 2016. What was even more interesting was that the export numbers of Philippines to EU for that month overtook those of US which was $809.93 million and Japan $762.43 million. Several factors contributed to the increase in trade numbers. A strong EU economy and its rising demand saw an increase of 1.9%, a rise in the agri-food sector exports backed by the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) that allows ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Australia is likely to see the already flourishing economic cooperation between the two countries make further progress. Officials anticipate new opportunities for strengthening of bilateral cooperation in China's pet modern Silk Road project, comprising of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and the Silk Road Economic Belt. China, as is the case with most countries, is also the largest trading partner of Australia. In 2015-16, China accounted for 26.5% of Australia's total merchandise trade. While exports to China made up 30% of its total exports, imports from China stood at 22.6% of total imports, a share greater than any other country. Last year, their bilateral trade reached $108 billion. China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), a landmark trade facilitation agreement between the ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Ministry of Commerce has issued a notification with regard to stringent quality testing in fruits and vegetable products prior to being exported.  The notification details the following points.  Fruit and vegetable products shall be subject to quality control or inspection or both prior to export in cases where importing countries require such an export certification; Specifies that the type of quality control or inspection or both with regard to the specific fruit and vegetable products shall be in accordance with the Export of Fruit and Vegetable Products (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 2016;  The notification also lays importance that the seller conforms to the specifications and laws provided by the buyer of that particular country and duly approved by the Indian ...

The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Russia is expected to increase imports of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products from India starting December 2014 under an agreement reached between Russia’s phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) this week. According to official sources in Russia, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, and Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Chairman, APEDA, have agreed to complete the quarantine and other certifications in two months, which will allow exports of Indian food products to Russia by December 2014. Meeting between officials of APEDA and Rosselkhoznadzor in Russia in September 2014 (Source - Rosselkhoznadzor) Russian veterinary experts are expected to arrive next month and may stay in India to control the production ...

Sachin Manawaria | @TheDollarBiz   Most of the perishable food produce in India is transported through non-reefer mode   India’s exports of fruits and vegetables have grown in the last three years due to surging demand in Pakistan, Kuwait, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Overall, India’s exports of fruits and vegetables increased to around $1.4 billion in FY2013-14, which is up about 36% from the previous year, according to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). However, exports could get a significant boost with improvement in storage and transport facilities, say experts. India annually suffers around Rs.550 billion as wastage of fruits and vegetables due to inadequate cold storage, supply chain infrastructure and lack of food processing in agri-sector, according ...

Sachin Manawaria | @TheDollarBiz Growing demand for organic products globally and increasing popularity of Indian organic products is helping increase both production within the country and exports of organic products from India. According to the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), India exported 135 organic products in FY2012-13 with a realization of $374 million which is up around 4.38% from the previous year. Soyabean makes for the bulk, accounting for around 41% of India’s organic exports, while sugarcane (26%) and processed food (14%) are other major organic exports from India. India also exports organic basmati rice and tea. Source - APEDA India currently ranks tenth among countries in terms of land cultivable under organic condition, but the organic ...