Kerala Pepper consortium raise concerns over illegal imports of Vietnam Pepper
Posted on February 13th, 2019

Courtesy commodityonline.com

The coordinator of the Kerala chapter of Indian Pepper and Spice Traders, Growers , Planters Consortium said in a letter to commerce minister, that Sri Lankan minister has said that he hasn’t been able to prevent the export of 156 containers of Vietnam Pepper to India with certificate of origin from Sri Lanka as it is a racket similar to narcotics trafficking.

The Pepper traders have appealed to the commerce ministry to take steps to raise vigil to prevent the import of Pepper from Vietnam through Sri Lanka with origin of certificate from the latter, citing the recent statement by a Sri Lankan minister in media.

Sri Lanka has been cautioning Indian government since last week of January that 180 containers of about 1800 to 2000 tonnes of such Pepper have left Sri Lankan coast. This is over and above the Pepper smuggled to India from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal.

The supply of Vietnam Pepper is happening by evading duty to the tune of 43% as the duty for import from Vietnam is 51% against 8% for Sri Lanka under India Sri lanka Free Trade Agreement, avoiding the minimum import price of Rs 500 per kg fixed by India for Pepper imports.

One Response to “Kerala Pepper consortium raise concerns over illegal imports of Vietnam Pepper”

  1. Dilrook Says:

    Tea and spice import and export industries are in the hands of minorities. Their domination must be defeated. The state must intervene and get into profitable tea dna spice import/export trade and encourage more Sinhalese to get into these industries.

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