Russia to increase imports of vegetables, meat and dairy products from India soon
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Russia is expected to increase imports of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products from India starting December 2014 under an agreement reached between Russia’s phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) this week. According to official sources in Russia, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, and Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Chairman, APEDA, have agreed to complete the quarantine and other certifications in two months, which will allow exports of Indian food products to Russia by December 2014. Meeting between officials of APEDA and Rosselkhoznadzor in Russia in September 2014 (Source - Rosselkhoznadzor) Russian veterinary experts are expected to arrive next month and may stay in India to control the production ...
Global Dairy Trade invites Indian dairy companies to participate in auctions
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Online global platform for trading dairy commodity ingredients, GlobalDairyTrade (GDT), has invited Indian dairy companies to participate in its auctions. Dairy commodities traded on GDT include skim, sweet whey and whole milk powders, anhydrous milk fat, butter and butter milk powder, cheese, lactose and casein products. US-based Charles River Associates (CRA) established the GDT in 2008 for the New Zealand-based cooperative Fonterra which is the world’s largest dairy exporter. Since then, the platform has grown significantly with annual sales reaching one million tonnes in the year ending April 2014 with skim milk powder sales growing almost 45% over the last two years. CRA conducts two auctions in a month, and each trading event ...
Israel offers expertise to triple Indias milk production, boost exports
Bidhu Bhushan Palo | @TheDollarBiz India is the world’s largest producer of milk, but is still taking baby steps when it comes to exports. Currently, India’s milk production stands at around 140 million tonnes, which makes it just self-reliant and allows a small surplus. However, consumption is growing at a steady rate and estimated to touch around 200 million tonnes by 2024. Meanwhile, much of India’s dairy sector is unorganised and far from the technological advances. In such challenging circumstances, Israel claims that it can help India triple milk production and boost milk exports significantly. In an exclusive interview, Akhil Choudhary, a trade officer for facilitation of Indo-Israel trade in clean-tech sector for Embassy of Israel, New Delhi, speaks ...
