Kashmir Valley’s growers are anxious as import duty is relaxed on American apples
The HinduThe Union government’s decision to relax 20% customs duty on apples imported from the U.S. at the recently concluded G-20 summit left orchardists in the Kashmir Valley jittery. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said the move “will have a devastating effect on local growers in J&K already grappling with huge losses post 2019”. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that lifting additional duties would lead to “economic distress, huge losses to J&K and Himachal fruit Industry”. “This decision will severely impact the fruit industry in J&K and Himachal, while J&K growers have already undergone tremendous losses, be it the unfavourable situation or the severe climatic conditions,” Mr. Mir said. The Congress demanded a special bailout package for apple growers to overcome the economic crisis “instead of the decision regarding lifting import duties on American products”.
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