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This year’s report does not contain significant changes from last year’s report. Chile continues allowing the reproduction of seeds under strict control of the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of the Ministry of Agriculture.

FAS Mumbai forecasts marketing year (MY) 2023/24 India cotton production at 26 million 480 lb. bales on 12.7 million hectares area planted, unchanged from the previous forecast.

Chile and the European Union (EU) are finalizing an Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) that includes recognition of 216 EU geographical indications (GIs) and commonly used names such as feta, gruyere, kölsch, and parmesan.

FAS Mumbai forecasts marketing year (MY) 2023/24 (October-September) India coffee production at 5.9 million 60-kilogram bags, two percent higher than the previous estimate. Dry conditions from October through December are expected to result in higher Arabica yields, with less incidence of berry droppings and damage.

India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries and Ministry of Road Transport & Highways reduced the producer per-unit subsidy electric vehicles (EVs) from 40 percent to 15 percent of the manufacturer’s price.

On October 18, 2023, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) amended the export restriction on sugar beyond October 31, 2023, to an indefinite period. The export of sugar under the CXL concession...

On October 18, 2023, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved an increase in in the minimum support price (MSP) for Rabi oilseed crops for marketing year 2024-25 ahead of the parliamentary election in 2024.

In marketing year (MY) 2023/24, due to favorable climatic conditions and abundant rainfall in the winter, Post estimates that avocado production will total 200,000 metric tons (MT), a 21.2 percent increase from MY 2022/23. Area planted will total 32,710 hectares, a one percent growth from MY 2022/23.

This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations.

World peach and nectarine1 production has seen significant growth in the past decade, rising more than 20 percent from 19.6 million tons to 24.2 million in 2022/23.

On October 17, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified Direction STD/SP-08/A1.2022/N-01-Part (1).

On October 16, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published the advisory TIC-C10201/2/2022-IMPORTS-FSSAI.