Imports

India will keep its wheat import tax unchanged at 10 percent and state-run traders will not import the grain for now, as the private trade is expected to buy up to 3 million tonnes this ...

The Union Food Ministry has strongly favoured the slashing of duty on wheat imports to at least 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent in order to boost domestic availability of the food ...

The Centre's decision to remove import duty on wheat today came under attack from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) which asked the government to withdraw the move and instead hike the tax to 40 per ...

The government does not have any immediate plans to cut import duty on sugar as the country would have sufficient supply of the sweetener considering fall in consumption this year and a likely bumper crop ...

The formation of Forum for Indian Food Importers was initiated by couple of like-minded importers of food products into India in August 2009. Rounds of initial interactions and deliberations led to the formation of the ...

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Russia has slapped a temporary ban on US beef and pork imports over what it says is a failure by the US food safety watchdog to guarantee that the shipments are free of the feed ...

About 12 percent of spices brought to the United States are contaminated with those from Mexico and India found to be most contaminated, according to an analysis of spice imports by federal food authorities.The contaminants ...

Coconut growers were already facing a crisis due to palmolein imports,

India is unlikely to import more wheat in the coming weeks due to surge in global prices and concerns that the government may anytime slap 10 per cent duty on inbound shipments, according to traders.