date:Aug 08, 2016
Government has said there is no scope for India to increase the import duty on apples without further negotiations under the WTO regime.
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government has received requests from several quarters including public representatives for increasing import duty on apples.
The present import duty rates for apples is 50 per cent, which is also the bound rate of duty agreed to in GATT/WTO (World Trade Organisation). As such there is no scope for fu