India has been stepping foot into packaged food very recently. The companies have been trying for a long time but somehow they couldn't manage to cope with the extremely hard rules for food in Europe and USA.

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India has trade deficit with 75 countries; China, Russia top the list: GTRI

> India's foreign trade hit a record $849 billion in the first half of 2024, [...]"
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> "Industrial products led India's exports with $140.79 billion, while agriculture, meat and processed food exports faced a sligh decline, [...]"

During recent shopping which included Dollar Tree and Walgreens I got jalapeños, berry jam, cashews, and a handful of other items in which I later noticed they were imported, from India.   I don't think I've ever noticed packaged foodstuffs coming from India before -- at least not a variety of items like this.

