Producers are questioning the organic certification of agricultural produce imported onto the European market as the requirements are not the same. UGPBAN is speaking out against so called organic bananas imported from South America or Africa.
At the moment the import of coconuts at Joko Impex is limited to supply from the Ivory Coast. "Sri Lanka has too high an import tax for the European market.
The three-month extension to the 5% export duty benefit on onions, under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), will boost exports, hope farmers and exporters.
Aydin Aliyev, Head of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan has announced that the export volume of Azerbaijani agricultural products has increased by 73 percent in the first quarter of 2017.