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On July 2, 2019, the Government of India’s, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published the new draft Labeling and Display Regulations.

On May 14, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date, from May 16, 2019, to June 16, 2019, of the proposed increase....

FAS Post estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) with a planting area of 12.5 million hectares.

A four-person U.S. pulse industry team visited Karachi during April 29-May 1 to attend the first U.S. pulses seminar, hold industry meetings, visit a processing facility....

On May 16, 2019, the second stage of Kazakhstan’s 2019 meat quotas were announced by the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy.

On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date, from May 2, 2019, to May 16, 2019, of the proposed increase in the basic custom....

On May 2, 2019, the Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published a notice to extend its timeline for imports of specialty foods for special medical....

On May 24, 2019, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification that biofuel imports (non-fuel use) in India will now require....

No significant changes in the PSD for rice, wheat and corn to report.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) published its second long-range forecast predicting a normal Southwest Monsoon (June to September) for 2019.

FAS Post estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales (37.5 million 170-kilogram bales/6.4 MMT) from 12.45 million hectares of planted area.

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