In Jan 23 milk and cream imports jumped 1,024 % $4.87 millions
Milk prices, which have been on the uptrend in the country, could soon hit an all-time high, forcing the world’s biggest producer to step up imports to boost supplies and ease cost of living pressures. Farmers are wrestling with a rare double whammy: a lethal condition called lumpy skin disease in their cows and a […]
China’s Appetite for Consumer Dairy Products Grows
China’s economic growth has slowed dramatically from pre-pandemic gains as the country continues to implement Covid restrictions. China’s appetite for some dairy products, however, has grown as consumers look to value-added products and the country’s pork industry recovers following devastating outbreaks of African swine fever that began in 2018. According to Sarina Sharp, analyst with […]
FSSAI mandates registration of foreign food factories including dairy plants
Foreign food manufacturing facilities exporting certain “high-risk” categories to India need to mandatorily register with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) effective February 1, 2023. The categories identified for mandatory registration includes milk and milk-based products, meat and meat products including poultry and fish, infant nutrition, nutraceuticals and egg powder. As per […]
Health stamp must for imports of fish, dairy products
Imported consignments of milk, milk products, pork, fish and fish products will require health certificates issued by the competent authority of the exporting country. The certificates will be valid till 90 days from the date of issue. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has instructed its officials regarding the requirement of the health certificate […]
India’s dairy sector is a sensitive area in trade deals with the UK
Last week, India and the United Kingdom officially launched negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), with the aim of concluding it by the end of the year or early 2023. This is to ensure bilateral trade is doubled by 2030. “We aim to double trade between our countries by the end of this decade, supporting […]
India’s dairy sector is a sensitive area in trade deals with the UK
Last week, India and the United Kingdom officially launched negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), with the aim of concluding it by the end of the year or early 2023. This is to ensure bilateral trade is doubled by 2030. “We aim to double trade between our countries by the end of this decade, supporting […]
Will oppose any move to throw open dairy sector to Australia: BKU
Indian farmers will oppose the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Australia if it throws open the country’s dairy sector for Australian dairy majors, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has said. India and Australia have been in discussion since October for concluding a “full” CECA by the end of 2022, but both sides […]
Joe Biden as US President may review ‘mini deal’ with India
However, the US was still unimpressed and its focus of negotiations, before the American election, increasingly shifted to selling more farm goods to India. However, the US wanted India to import farm and dairy products of equivalent amount ($6-6.5 billion) to restore the GSP benefits. A “limited” trade deal between India and the US, which […]