{"id":20015,"date":"2026-01-30T09:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=20015"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:37:31","slug":"item_5_972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_5_972\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog: Mother of All Deals- Indo EU FTA signed in Delhi after 19 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20015\" class=\"elementor elementor-20015\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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After the FTA is reviewed and ratified by Indian Parliament and those of 27 constituents of the EU in a year\u2019s time, the import duties would be reduced from the current 150% to 20% for the super-premium wines costing 0ver $20 and to 30% for the medium quality wines. \u00a0A few clarifications are still being sought and will be shared in another Article in the next issue of delWine.<\/p><p><strong>Resolution with similar Previous FTAs<\/strong><\/p><p>It\u2019s still not clear how the EU-FTA Treaty will resolve the issues with earlier Treaties. Most of such earlier Agreements have clauses which allow benefits extended to the later Agreements will become available to the earlier treaties.. For instance, the Agreement with Australia reportedly had allowed for reduction of customs duties only on wines costing US$5. The Australians apparently thought the threshold cut off was at A$5 (US$ 5) and a significant number of exporters had expressed disappointment because of this confusion. The current Treaty has surprisingly reduced the threshold to $2.91 (2.5 euros)-almost by 40%.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_2_972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Indo-NZ FTA signed in a Record Time will help wine Imports<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>No graded reduction:<\/strong> There also does not seem to be a graded reduction. A bottle costing more than $2.91 \u2013say $3.0 will be entitled to a 50% duty reduction when the treaty comes into force; pricing it at less than say $2.5 will mean no reduction. The producers will gladly price at @3.0 or even @3.30 thus over- invoicing, helping the importers even get income-tax savings on the amount over invoiced resulting in higher costs and less profits in the importer\u2019s books.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_909.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">European Union maybe over optimistic about FTA with India<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Mother of All Deals <\/strong>is how <strong>Ursula Von der Leyen, P<\/strong>resident of the European Commission, describes the deal. Perhaps, the focus now shifts to the <em>Father of All Deals<\/em> when <strong>P\u00e1pa Trump<\/strong> (Pope Trump in Italian) coaxes the Indian PM Modi who describes this FTA as historic-perhaps because of the 19 years for it to come to fruition.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_3_907.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Australian Wines to get Cheaper in India with FTA signed Today<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>First initiated in 2007 it was a regular affair to see the talks take off and keep them in the news and both sides (in all honesty, EU was always more excited and optimistic after each round, 16 of which took place in 2007-2013 when Congress Party was the ruler. Later when BJP took over, these were led by <strong>Piyush Goyal,<\/strong> our creditable Commerce Minister. The Final Stage of negotiations went on till 2013 when <strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong> had strongly suggested at a Conference in Italy attended by one of the Ministers of EU Parliament in 2013 that unless it was \u2018finally signed\u2019 soon, it would be postponed for a long time as the elections were slated in 2014 and there might be a change in the government and the new government might not be as interested and in any cast the discussions would have to be started afresh.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_4_878.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">India and EU getting Ready for FTA Talks in May<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Longest Time to fructify<\/strong><\/p><p>Talks for the agreement had started in 2007 and stalled for eight years in 2013 after several parleys since the general elections were taking place in 2014. They resumed in 2021 when the Modi Government agreed to start all over again. In 2022 a similar Treaty was signed with Australia according to which the duties on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_4_965\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">premium Australian<\/a> wines were decreased in steps over the next 10 years.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_872.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">EU-India FTA Talks Restart on Optimistic Notes<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Both the EU and India felt that with stable or growing economies there was a need to come together and face the brunt of the current onslaught by the US. \u201cWe both stand to lose from a world of spheres of influence and isolationism, and stand to gain from a world of cooperation and working together and there is an opportunity for Europe and India to reimagine their partnership,\u201d says Von der Leyen.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_852.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">European Union keen on FTA with India despite Protectionist Policies<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Grand Finale<\/strong><\/p><p>Undoubtedly, the cooling of relations between the US and India as well as the EU and continued growth in the Indian economy, warranted a fast track approach to signing the Treaty. Both EU and India can help each other\u2019s economy; EU with its 27 constituents and more In the pipeline, with India as world\u2019s largest populated country and slated to become the third largest economy in a couple of years, \u00a0it was obvious that finally the Treaty will see the light of the day. In fact, the moment one heard that she was invited along with the Portuguese <strong>Antonio Costa<\/strong>, President of the European Commission to be the Chief Guests at the Indian Republic Day Parade, it was clear that the FTA would be finally signed during their visit. In fact, it was announced that it would be announced by the end of the month.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_3_824.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Import Duties on Wines from Chile ruled out in Proposed FTA<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Slowdown in sales for Indian wines <\/strong>The Indian industry had put a spoke in the ongoing discussions for many years because they wanted the protection against the fall in prices of imported wines making a dent into domestic wine sales. With the threshold of cut-off being lowered, there was more threat perceived to Indian wines. There could be a danger for the industry which has been otherwise predicting an increase in sales as high as 15%. They have a year to sort out this problem and for once the wine industry needs to unite to find a common solution.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_835.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Sliver of Hope for Lower Import Duties on EU Wines<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Increased foreign interest: <\/strong>My telephone is busier and emails have increased phenomenally from the foreign producers, a vast majority believing the taxes will be reduced from \u2018tomorrow\u2019. This is not true. The Treaty has to be ratified by the Parliaments of all the stakeholder countries. It would take a year before the Treaty will come into force and taxes will come down.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_829.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">India- EU Foreign Trade Agreement Talks might restart soon<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>There is always a danger that the greedy States with liberal free giveaways to their voters with marginal incomes will find sadistic pleasures by increasing the \u2018Sin Tax\u2019 on cigarettes and alcohol. \u00a0Cigarettes were already brought in the Net tighter last month and alcohol is always at the bottom of the fruit tree, ready and ripe to be plucked, Rather than improving the efficiency, they could increase the excise duty though I believe there is less chance this time. More states are now governed by the same party (BJP Alliance) and aligning the two would be easier.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_770.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Indo-EU FTA Talks may start after Decade of non-conclusive Efforts<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_706.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">EU-India FTA: And the Beat Goes On<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_548.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">EU-India FTA may soon be on Back Burner<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_3_486.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Duty Reduction on EU Wines Distant Dream<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>The small fear of traders pocketing the windfall in profits is miniscule due to competition and many adjoining States watching over their shoulders to remain competitive. There is also the problem of ever increasing expenses due to the grease money.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_480.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Fine Wines from EU may get Cheaper Next Year<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>The FTA has surely made heads turn and we shall see a lot of interest and excitement in the Indian market. Who knows, this might prove to be the game changer. After all, a drop in duties from 150% to 20% from super premium wine and 30% for the medium priced wines ($20 cut-off for the reduction), there is a good scope of price reduction and with the Indian consumer upping the thirst for higher quality wines as they climb the premiumisation tree and like to drink better quality wines, the golden period may start, the over-hyped screaming and shouting about the harmful effects of alcohol in the wines notwithstanding.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_3_317.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">EU to Hold Talks with Indian Government<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Subhash Arora <\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Friday, 30 Jan 2026 11:00 Blog: Mother of All Deals- Indo EU FTA signed in Delhi after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[200,417,1002,1003],"class_list":["post-20015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-headline","tag-blog","tag-delhi","tag-indo-eu-fta","tag-mother-of-all-deals"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",724,363,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe-300x150.webp",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",640,321,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",640,321,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",724,363,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",724,363,false],"slider-bg":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",724,363,false],"card-grid":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe-600x363.webp",600,363,true],"card-list":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe-600x363.webp",600,363,true],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",724,363,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe.webp",724,363,false],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fe-590x363.webp",590,363,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/top-headline\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Headline<\/a>","tag_info":"Top Headline","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20015"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20053,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015\/revisions\/20053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}