INDIAN TEA EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION

Indian Steel Association seeks temporary ban on iron ore exports to stabilize rising steel prices

Steel Industry body, Indian Steel Association has written to the prime minister’s office seeking a temporary ban on iron ore exports to eas...

Container shortage and high freight likely to affect India’s agricultural exports

Cheaper Indian rice saw much demand from Middle East during the pandemic due to problems in rice production of countries like Thailand and ...

Steelmakers write to PMO defending price hike, demand iron ore export ban

A steel producers' body has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, explaining that the metal price hike was due to surging raw material c...

Forging manufacturers seek ban on steel and iron ore exports amid sharp price hikes

Forging steel manufacturers have hiked prices by 10 per cent over the last six months and now looking for a further 15 per cent increase. T...

Indian exporters expect vegetable export demand to fall 15-20%

Indian vegetable exporters expect demand from the UK, a major buyer and a hub for the European market, to fall 15-20% because of lockdowns ...

Rice exporters seek government help to deal with high freight rate, container shortage

Exporters have sought government assistance in transportation and marketing along with benefits of export-promotion schemes, VK Kaul, execu...

Companies petition government as container shortage hurts exports

A key industry body, the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), has suggested that empty containers be shifted to inland contain...

CAI cuts cotton export estimate by 10%

Cotton Association of India has revised its cotton export estimate for 2020-21 downward by 10% to 5.4 million bales of 170 kilograms each b...

Govt seeks proposals to setup export promotion council for Technical Textiles

“Exporter Association and Trade bodies registered under Companies Act or Society Registration Act are hereby invited to submit proposals fo...

China begins import of Indian rice after 2 years amid border tension

India is the world's major exporter of rice, while China is the biggest importer. In 2006, China was given market access for Indian rice bu...

Sugar output jumps over two-fold at 42.9 lakh ton in October-November

According to the data, the country's sugar production stood at 42.9 lakh tonnes during October-November period of 2020-21 marketing year as...

Egypt stops buffalo meat imports over pesticide concerns

"In Egypt they have started a new testing pattern in which authorities had concerns that there are pesticide traces in Indian meat. This ha...

Kenya giving tough competition to India's black tea export in global market

Further, payment issues with Iran have dented India’s tea exports. Hardly any tea is being shipped to the Gulf nation these days, said indu...

Cooking oil and tea see an increase in demand during the festive season

The demand for both the commodities also revived in hotels and restaurants, although the requirement for the catering industry continued to...

Basmati exports to Iran to resume soon

"Exports of basmati rice to Iran from India have seen a drop of 36% in April - August of this year compared to the previous year, largely d...

Global sugar market waiting for India's stand on 2020-21 export subsidy

India has been giving incentives for sugar exports as the country has been consistently producing excess sugar for several years. In Octobe...

Tea consumption outside home rises; reaches pre-Covid levels

About 300 million kg of India's annual domestic tea consumption of 1100 million kg is consumed in out-of-home format.