Indian export News

The Qatari authorities had informed India that the ban was temporary and owing to lack of sufficient testing laboratories in their country in the run-up to the football event, it said.

India lifts ban on exports of organic non-basmati rice, including broken rice. Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Kharif crops are mostly sown during monsoon -June and July, and the produce is harvested during October and November.

Waiting periods at the Kakinada Anchorage Port had reached up to four weeks This will reduce waiting times and accelerate overall exports. India's 5% broken parboiled variety of rice eased to $395-$401 a tonne from last week`s multi-year high of $402-$408.

Allaying concerns of exporters related to GST, the commerce ministry on Friday said it is looking at all options to ensure timely refund of taxes under the new indirect tax regime to be rolled out next month.