India and Pakistan are the only growers of premium-grade basmati rice FILE PHOTO: Rice vendor Ratan Das fills a small paper packet with Basmati rice. (DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP via Getty Images)By: Pramod Thomas INDIA’s decision to…
In 2023-24, India’s spice exports totaled £3.34 billion, accounting for 12 per cent of global spice exports. Indian spices at the market in Anjuna in Northern Goa. (Photo credit: iStock)By: Vivek Mishra The Federation of…
Traders anticipated it would be lifted as local prices have more than halved since the export restrictions were implemented and this season’s crop is yielding fresh supplies. India exported record onions last financial year.By: Eastern…
Pakistan and India are the leading exporters of the premium long-grain variety of rice, famous for its aroma, to countries such as Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US Basmati rice exports…
The country – famous as a tea producer – is also the world’s eighthlargest coffee grower, mainly churning out the robusta beans used to make instant coffee Indian robusta is selling at a premiumBy: Eastern…
After Russia sent troops to Ukraine, Western countries hit the country with a slew of sanctions including a European Union embargo on its seaborne oil deliveries Alexander NovakBy: Eastern Eye RUSSIA redirected its oil exports…