{"id":8702,"date":"2026-01-17T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8702"},"modified":"2026-01-17T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:00:52","slug":"cm-meets-union-commerce-and-industries-minister-seeks-ban-on-apple-imports-during-peak-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8702","title":{"rendered":"CM Meets Union Commerce and Industries Minister, Seeks Ban on Apple Imports During Peak Season."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h1><strong>CM Meets Union Commerce and Industries Minister, Seeks Ban on Apple Imports During Peak Season.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><em>Strongly advocates higher import duty to safeguard interests of Himachal apple growers.\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shimla\/New Delhi:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today met Union Minister for Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and strongly pleaded for imposing a ban on apple imports during the peak apple production season from July to November to protect the interests of domestic growers.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Chief Minister urged the Union Government to intervene in favour of nearly 2.5 lakh farmers engaged in apple cultivation in Himachal Pradesh. He emphasized that apple production contributes nearly 80 percent to the State\u2019s total fruit output and generates an annual income of approximately Rs. 4,500 crore, making it the backbone of the State\u2019s horticulture-based economy.<\/p>\n<p>CM Sukhu also demanded that import duty on apples be increased to 100 percent during the remaining months of the year to discourage excessive imports, which he said were adversely impacting local growers. He expressed serious concern over the reduction in import duty on apples and informed the Union Minister that apple imports have increased nearly two-and-a-half times over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister cautioned that the situation could worsen further due to various free trade agreements, which may lead to a surge in apple imports. He pointed out that the seasonal import window for New Zealand apples currently extends from April to August with a concessional tariff of 25 percent, while a 50 percent duty applies during other months. He said that such arrangements were severely affecting the domestic apple market.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that free trade agreements not only harm the in-season apple trade but also adversely impact the prices of apples stored in cold storage facilities in the State, thereby affecting off-season sales as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister informed that he had promptly taken up the issue following representations made by horticulturists who met him last week to seek redressal of their grievances. He added that he had already raised the matter with the Union Finance Minister and pressed for swift action to protect the livelihood of apple growers.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister Ram Subhah Singh and Secretary to the Chief Minister Rakesh Kanwar were also present during the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CM Meets Union Commerce and Industries Minister, Seeks Ban on Apple Imports During Peak Season.\u00a0 Strongly advocates higher import duty to safeguard interests of Himachal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=8702><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1911],"class_list":["post-8702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-himachal-news","tag-applegrowers-himachalpradesh-appleimports-horticulture-farmersinterest-cmhimachal-sukhvindersinghsukhu-piyushgoyal-commerceministry-protectfarmers-banappleimports-makeinindia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - 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