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India’s 2025 beef production (mostly carabeef) is forecast at 4.64 million metric ton (MMT), up from 4.57 MMT in 2024. The large cattle inventory, Post forecasts at 307.5 million head in 2025, is expected to continue facilitating the increased slaughter and carabeef production.

India’s Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying published an Office Memorandum L-110110/44/2024 – Trade (E-32147) on December 30, 2024, specifying the Certificate of Analysis (COA) required to be submitted during the application for Sanitary Import Permit (SIP) for importing milk and milk products into India.

On February 13, President Trump and Prime Minister Modi issued a joint statement announcing lower tariffs on bourbon whiskey.

FAS New Delhi lowered the marketing year (MY) 2024/2025 forecast for rapeseed area harvested to 8.9 million hectares (HA) and production to 11.7 million metric tons (MMT), due to a shift in cropping pattern toward more lucrative crops.

Comments on India's revised measure on metal contaminants, toxins and residues are due by February 10 as notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

India's northeast monsoon began on October 15, five days ahead of schedule, however, cumulative rainfall between October and December was three percent lower than the fifty-year average according to India’s Meteorological Department (IMD).

On January 3, India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) announced a new timeline to comply with its food labeling requirements. Effective immediately, FSSAI has marked July 1 of each year as the implementation date for any new or amended labeling regulation.

India’s annual import of logs, lumber and wood products have increased from $1.3 billion to $2 billion in the past decade.

The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) with clarifications related to Food Safety and Standards....

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts a near normal Southwest Monsoon for 2019 suggesting that June to September rainfall is likely to be 96 percent of the Long Period Average (LPA).

FAS Mumbai estimates the marketing year (MY) 2019/20 coffee crop (Oct/Sep) at 5.5 million 60- kilogram bags.

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a revised list of antibiotics and veterinary drugs along with their tolerance limits specified....