On September 8, 2021, MERCOSUR and India held a virtual meeting in order to evaluate possible ways to deepen their Preferential Trade Agreement.

After signing a Framework Agreement in 2003, MERCOSUR and India signed a Preferential Trade Agreement in January 2004, and the annexes to it in March 2005. The agreement entered into force on June 1, 2009.

On October 16, 2025, the Vice President of Brazil and the Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, and the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India, welcomed the interest of both India and the MERCOSUR Member States in deepening the Trade Preference Agreement currently in force, with the aim of promoting trade and investment between the Parties.

16 October 2025	Brazil-India Joint Declaration on the Deepening of the MERCOSUR-India Trade Agreement
08 September 2021	Virtual meeting to evaluate possible ways to deepen their Preferential Trade Agreemen
Source: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto; Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India

After signing a Framework Agreement in 2003, MERCOSUR and India signed a Preferential Trade Agreement in January 2004, and the annexes to it in March 2005. The agreement entered into force on June 1, 2009.

01 June 2009	MERCOUSR-India Preferential Trade Agreement enters into force
Source: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Uruguay

• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto
• Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Uruguay