Solution to grapes exports impasse soon

  • 17/05/2010

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)

Sandip Das New Delhi: The deadlock over the ban of Indian grape exports to the European Union seems to be heading for a solution as the ambassador of the Netherlands to India decided to visit grapes exporting units in Maharashtra on Saturday to have a first-hand experience of presence of chemicals in Indian grapes. Grapes exports to the European Union had come under a cloud because of presence of chlormequat, a chemical residue, in some of the consignments a few weeks back. The Netherlands in one of the largest buyers of Indian grapes among the EU countries and officials feel that any loss of market in that country could have a cascading impact on other EU nations as well leading to debilitating impact on India