(March 8) – India temporarily suspended the import of coffee beans, bamboo, black pepper, cinnamon, cassava and dragon fruit from Vietnam, effective March 7 due to “reinstating the containment by controlling plant epidemic”, according to the above information Business Line.
This decision comes after Vietnam announced it would suspend imports of peanuts, cassava seeds, cocoa beans, white beans and tamarind from India after 60 days from March 1.
In a letter from the Indian Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, the Indian government said that “in view of repeating containment by phytosanitary measures, the NPPO (Organization for phytosanitary) India was forced to suspend the importation of some goods.
NPPO Vietnam is also required not to issue phytosanitary certificates for these six items for export to India.
Even if there is no relationship between the two moratoriums, a country often won’t compromise with a trading partner if its interests are continuously compromised.
Vietnam suspended peanut imports from India in April 2015. The ban was lifted in January 2016 after a Vietnamese delegation visited India and inspected fumigation facilities and procedures. export and export certification system.
Vietnam has introduced a ban on five products after discovering live insects with about 3,000 tons of peanuts and 24 tons of cassava seeds bought from India last year and earlier this year.
Infested with insects
All five products were found to have been contaminated with Caryedon serratus Olivier, a species of beetle, subject to plant quarantine in Vietnam.
The trade balance is very favorable for the Indian side as it exported $5.26 billion worth of goods to Vietnam in fiscal year 2015/16 compared to $2.5 billion worth of imports from the country.
Black pepper imports from Vietnam accounted for an important part this year. According to a source from Indian Customs, Kishor Shamji, a veteran exporter, told BusinessLine that India imported 10,399 tonnes, up 33.82% year-on-year and becoming the third largest importer of pepper from India. Vietnam.
Overall, India can export 11,800 tons and import 16,500 tons of pepper.
He added that about 90% of Indian pepper exports by the end of this year will be re-exports of imported pepper after adding value such as pepper essential oil, powdered pepper and disinfected pepper.
India’s cassava imports in 2015/16 stood at 19,405 tonnes valued at Rs 242.22 million. Imports of other spices, including cinnamon, during the period were 11,135 tonnes valued at Rs 517.71 million.
- According to a report of Vietnam Customs in 2016, India imported 11,113 tons of pepper of all kinds with a value of 84.24 million USD, an increase of 35.9% in volume and an increase of 11.3% in value compared to 2015. And imported 45,790 tons of coffee with a value of 79.44 million USD, up 67.1% in volume and 63.3% in value compared to 2015.
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