USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative announced India has opened its market to U.S. pork imports. The Food Safety and Inspection Service updated its export library on Dec. 30 with the new requirements to allow U.S. pork exports to India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade.
The opening of the market to the population of 1.26 billion comes after decades of work. The agreement comes after the U.S. terminated India’s participation in a program that allowed the country access to the U.S. market because it did not provide equitable and reasonable U.S. access to its market, including pork, in 2019. In November at the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum held in New Delhi, U.S. and India officials discussed the importance of market access for U.S. pork.
