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The Dollar Business Bureau Committed to bringing a wide variety of fruits from across the globe to Indian consumers, IG International Pvt Ltd, India’s largest fresh fruit importers and distributors, introduced organic apples from Wenatchee, USA for the first time in India. The apples are imported by the company through its association with Stemilt Growers, Northwest’s largest grower-packer-shipper of organic apples, pears, and cherries. By adding Organic Apples to its assortment of exotic fruits, IG International aims to cater to the increasing health conscious consumer base inclined towards organic fruits and vegetables. Announcing the launch of organic apples in the market, Tarun Arora, Director, IG International said, “With the launch of organic apples, we further emphasise on importance of healthy eating and want to convey that ‘fruits are ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India has issued a directive to halt the imports of Chinese apples and pears from June 1. According to a statement made by the Ministry of Agriculture, the recent imports of Chinese apples and pears contained harmful microorganisms. Indian National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) reported that 26 batches of Chinese pears and apples were contaminated and the same was conveyed to the Chinese Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on May 31. A second batch of apples and pears from China once again revealed harmful microorganisms. Since no action was taken to remedy the situation, the Indian government decided to temporarily halt the import of apples and pears from that country starting from June. NPPO revealed the presence of  Pseudococcus Comstocki ...

PTI The government wants iPhone maker Apple to consider a new manufacturing scheme offering duty benefits to set up its plants in the country. "Apple had asked for a set of concessions. For a period of 15 years all the components that Apple imports, they want them to be free of duty. We have a phased manufacturing programme (PMP) because we want more and more value addition to come to the country. We want them to understand how this PMP will work and how they can dove tail into that," Ministry of Electronics and IT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters on Saturday. She was speaking on the sidelines of the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). ...

Source: PTI    Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on Thursday welcomed the union government’s decision to relax import restrictions on apples, saying it would help increase availability of the fruit in the domestic market. Noting that it had taken up this issue with the Ministry of Commerce, requesting for a relaxation for Cochin Port, Chamber President C S Kartha on Thursday said it had in the representation to the Ministry and DGFT, raised concerns and argued for relaxing the ban in view of the possible price hike of apples in the country that would result. “We welcome the revised policy wherein other ports across the country, including Cochin Air and Seaports can now import apples,” he said. Issuing a ...

The Dollar Business Bureau European Union and the United States raised concerns over India’s recent policy to limit the entry of imported apples to only the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva) in Navi Mumbai and questioned India of distorting trade compliance under its WTO commitments.  They requested India to give further information on the consequences if apples are imported through other ports, i.e. Chennai, Kolkata and Krishnapatnam. “The US meanwhile said the measure has so far "had an impact on trade" and took issue over the lack of a comment period before the new policy was implemented. New Zealand, Chile, and Australia also echoed these concerns,” the global body said in a statement. In reply, India said that the measure doesn’t ...