21-Aug-2013
Seeking greater market access for its agriculture products, India on Wednesday asked Russia to lift the temporary suspension on importing rice from the country.
The issue came up for discussion during the meeting of Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Valentinovich Ulyukaev on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial meeting in Brunei.
Mr. Sharma sought resolution over sanitary and phytosanitary (dealing with basic rules for food safety and animal and plant health standards) measures concerning standards of Indian agriculture exports to Russia.
“Sharma particularly raised the issue of temporary suspension of Indian rice export to Russia and sought market access for Indian bovine meat,” an official statement said, adding, “Sharma asked Ulyukaev to review the rice export suspension“.
As per reports, India’s rice export to Russia increased five times to $25 million in April-December 2012, compared to $4.5 million in the same period of the previous fiscal, before breaks were applied by the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS) on the imports in February.
It placed a temporary ban on import of rice from India following detection of Khapra Beetles in the consignments.
Source:- thehindu.com
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