New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- India's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), finalised in March 2024, will come into effect from October 1, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Monday.

The EFTA deal, which covers Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland, will add to the list of trade agreements India has signed in recent years. "From the first of next month, a group of four countries--Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Iceland--will also come into effect," Goyal said while addressing the valedictory session of the UP International Trade Show.

The Union Minister underlined that India is negotiating trade agreements with 27 countries, including the United States, the Europea...