India offers duty concessions on US agri products, including DDGs and apples

• India will grant import duty concessions on specific US agricultural products like dried distillers' grains (DDGs), red sorghum, and apples.
• The concessions are part of a framework for the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement, expected to be signed by mid-March.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India will provide quota-based tariff concessions on products including DDGs, soybean oil, apples, and long staple cotton.
• India has opened its markets for US wines and spirits with a minimum import price.
• The Environment Ministry's prescribed processes for importing GM materials will be followed for DDGs, which are nutrient-rich co-products of ethanol production.