Australia: Experts to shine light on Indian market

THE final session of the Australian Grain Industry Conference will include an in-depth look at India from two complementary perspectives that delve into the opportunities presented by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement and beyond. The agreement was signed in December, and has helped to bolster confidence in India as the biggest market for Australia’s biggest pulse crop, lentils. Grain Trade Australia chief executive officer Pat O’Shannassy said India was a large and complex market that deserved discussion at the annual AGIC conference, which is taking place in Melbourne on July 26-27. “We have included a session on India on the AGIC program as we think it is important to have an industry discussion around developing strategy and building understanding of India,” Mr O’Shannassy said. “India has been explained to be as culturally complex and diverse as Europe which has 500 million people, while India has a similar land mass but with 1.4 billion people and ...