India has agreed to allow imports of US pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to US agricultural trade, officials said.
"India's agreement to allow US pork imports for the first time is great news for US producers and for Indian consumers," Tai said in a statement.Vilsack said Washington was working to ensure the US pork industry could start shipping products to India as soon as possible. He said the deal marked the culmination of two decades of seeking market access for US pork to India.
At a revived US-India Trade Policy Forum in New Delhi last November, India and the United States agreed to expand trade of some agricultural products, including US cherries, alfalfa and distiller dried grains as well as Indian mangoes, grapes, shrimp and water buffalo meat.Read MoreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Joe Biden in Washington in September and both leaders agreed to expand trade ties to strengthen relations between the world's largest and richest democracies.
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