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Pradeep Kumar

25/06/21 09:00 AM IST

APEDA virtual buyer seller meet

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APEDA in collaboration with Indian embassy organize virtual buyer seller meet for boosting agricultural and processed food products exports to Algeria.

Highlights
  • More than 100 participants including exporters, processors and traders of agricultural commodities from India and Algeria participated in the VBSM titled ‘Opportunities in Agri-sector between India and Algeria’.
  • APEDA has been organizing a series of VBSMs with various countries for providing platform to the exporters and importers.
  • In the VBSM held with trade and government officials from Algeria, the scope of increasing exports of India’s Geographical Indications (GI) certified agricultural products were discussed.
  • Export potential of products including cereals, animal product, non-basmati and basmati rice etc to Algeria were discussed during VBSM.
APEDA
  • The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December, 1985.
  • The Act (2 of 1986) came into effect from 13th February, 1986 by a notification issued in the Gazette of India: Extraordinary: Part-II [Sec. 3(ii): 13.2.1986).
  • The Authority replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council (PFEPC).
Source: PIB

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