Poland plans to export apples to India after Russia ban
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz China accounts for almost half of all apple imports by India. Poland is keen to begin apple imports to India following the ban on imports of fruits and vegetables by Russia, the largest importer of Polish apples. Poland is EU’s largest apple producer and exporter. Poland’s apple production is estimated at around 2.9 million tons of which the country exports around 900,000 tonnes. Russia which is also the world’s largest importer of apples, used to be the largest destination for Polish apples, accounting for around 55% of Poland’s total exports. However, Russia’s food monitoring agency, Rosselkhoznadzor, banned all fruits and vegetable imports from USA and EU last week due to the Ukraine crisis. The ban ...
India maintains 50% import tariff on apples
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz China accounts for almost half of all apple imports by India. India’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament today that the import tariff on apples of 50% cannot be increased. The minister said that the current tariff is the “bound rate of duty” as per India’s commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and further negotiations are required to increase the import duties on apple imports by India. “The scope for further increase in tariff rates without further negotiation under the WTO regime seems unlikely at present,” she said. According to official sources, India is the world’s fifth largest producer of apples with an annual production ...
