Poland wants to see the prolonged import certification negotiations for their food products into India concluded without further delay so that Polish food products can promote their products in the Indian consumer market.
Marek Sawicki, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland, who is currently on a visit to India had discussions with his Indian counterparts in this regard. “We have been negotiating with India for Import certification for our food products for the last four years and yet not concluded. We want to place our products in the India market ,” the Minister said.
Poland is the fifth largest food producer in Europe and food exports from Poland exceeded Euro 21.3 billion last year. He said that Polish agricultural sector is quite modern and well developed and the government had invested around Euro 45 billion in modernizing the farm sector over the last decade. “Our endeavour has been to convince the India government that we have one of the best farm products in Europe and we export to over 100 countries in the world,” he said. The Polish Minister had extended an invite to Indian Agriculture Minister to visit one of the key food exhibitions in Poland in coming autumn.
When asked about the key export items from the farm sector for Poland, Sawicki said that Poland exports comprise milk and dairy products, poultry, pork, fruits and vegetables including Mushrooms, etc. “We have been observing strong trends in bilateral trade between India and Poland for the last few years, but food products do not figure much,” he informed.
The Minister said that they would organize Polish food promotion campaigns in cities like Delhi and Mumbai later this year to create awareness about Polish food products. Poland is participating in the ongoing AAHAR, international food and hospitality exhibition, in Delhi.
Source:hospitalitybizindia.com
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