new delhi, July 25 -- India's agriculture sector is poised to gain significantly after it signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the UK on Thursday. The trade deal secures enhanced access to the British market for a range of Indian goods such as processed foods, vegetables, spices, marine and animal products, as import tariffs on them are either reduced or eliminated. Importantly, New Delhi managed to limit its concessions in its farm sector to a narrow segment and safeguard its domestic interests. Without opening up its agriculture sector in a big way, New Delhi made selective concessions on items like lamb meat, seafood and some live breeding animals, but core sensitive sectors like dairy, bovine meat, poultry, and processed animal products are excluded. The move suggests India managed to protect key parts of its agri market in the trade deal. High-value British exports such as spirits, lamb meat, and seafoods like salmon, mackerel and trout will get cheaper for Indian consumers, after New Delhi eliminated import tax on these goods. Under the trade deal, India will get duty-free access to the UK market for several agricultural commodities. In the processed food sector, products that earlier faced import taxes as high as 70% will now enjoy zero duty on 99.7% of tariff lines. India exported agricultural products worth about $785 million to the UK in FY25. Also, goods that earlier attracted duties of up to 20% will enjoy zero duty, benefiting exporters of edible oil, oil seeds derivatives and other plant-based commodities. This will also support exports of tea, coffee, spices, fruits and vegetables, which are vital to India's agri-processing sector and rural economy. In FY25, India exported $22.77 million worth of edible oils to the UK while importing just $1.35 million. The elimination of tariffs would put India's exports of fruits, vegetables and cereals to the UK on a par with exporters from Germany....