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On July 17, 2023, India’s Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying/Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), published Office Memorandum (OM) L-11/1/2019-Trade (E-11542).

The recovery of the 2023 southwest monsoon from third week of June and forecasted normal precipitation in July will support ongoing planting of kharif (fall harvested) season crops.

Report highlights: On June 28, 2023, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs updated its Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane marketing year (MY) 2023/2024 from INR 305 per quintal (USD $3.72/quintal) to a new high of INR 315 per quintal (USD $3.84/quintal). The new FRP will take effect starting October 1, 2023.

India’s Meteorological Department (IMD) continues to forecast a normal 2023 southwest monsoon, according to a second forecast report issued on May 26, predicting that June through September rainfall will likely reach 96 percent of the long period average (LPA)/fifty-year average of 870 millimeter (mm).

FAS Mumbai estimates marketing year (MY) 2023/24 India cotton production at 26 million 480 lb. bales on 12.7 million hectares planted, a decrease from the previous year on the expectation that farmers will shift cotton acreage to higher return crops such as oilseeds and pulses.

The Indian microbrewery sectors consists of ~45 microbreweries and on premise brew pubs with another 100 more opening in the next few years as states issue brewery licenses.

India notified its new standards for oats and revised description for pasta products to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and invited comments.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India implemented its new web portal-based Pre-Arrival Document Scrutiny (PADS) system for the clearance of food imports.

On February 4, 2016, the Government of India (GOI) notified a draft veterinary health certificate for dog and cat food imports to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in northern India that serves as the state capital to both the states of Punjab and Haryana.

Post’s production estimate for MY 2015/16 is lowered to 27.5 million 480 lb. bales.

India’s MY 2016/17 wheat production is forecast at 88 million metric tons (MMT) on lower planting and expected ‘lower than normal’ yields due to moisture and temperature stress at the time of planting