Australia warns India over violation of processed food export norms
Updated: Mar 07, 2014 02:38:09pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (KNN) The Australian Department of Agriculture has said that exports of processed food from India have violated its norms while recently a few cases have been detected for violating the import regulations of Australia.
An advisory issued and circulated by Australia’s department of agriculture, through the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), said Indian exporters of processed food, especially milk products, hadn't been following the relevant imports regulation into Australia. It added it had detected cases violating such regulations.
“In view of the above, exporters are advised to strictly adhere to import laws of Australia before commencing exports of processed food products,” it further added.
For April-November 2013-14, India’s food exports to Australia fell 17 per cent in value terms (from Rs 556 crore to Rs 458 crore) and 12 per cent in volume (from 57,877 tonnes to 51,077 tonnes), compared to the year-ago period, according to data from APEDA.
During April-November 2012, India exported 460 tonnes of dairy products to Australia; during the corresponding period last year, this fell to 327 tonnes. (KNN/SD)
An advisory issued and circulated by Australia’s department of agriculture, through the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), said Indian exporters of processed food, especially milk products, hadn't been following the relevant imports regulation into Australia. It added it had detected cases violating such regulations.
“In view of the above, exporters are advised to strictly adhere to import laws of Australia before commencing exports of processed food products,” it further added.
For April-November 2013-14, India’s food exports to Australia fell 17 per cent in value terms (from Rs 556 crore to Rs 458 crore) and 12 per cent in volume (from 57,877 tonnes to 51,077 tonnes), compared to the year-ago period, according to data from APEDA.
During April-November 2012, India exported 460 tonnes of dairy products to Australia; during the corresponding period last year, this fell to 327 tonnes. (KNN/SD)
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