date:Jan 06, 2014
In a bid to meet rising domestic demand, the government will more than double the import volume of fruit and vegetables in 2014 from last year.
Trade Ministry director-general for foreign trade Bachrul Chairi confirmed that the government would allow the import of 17 horticulture products, including apples, mangoes, oranges, potatoes, chilies and shallots, tentatively totaling 600,000 tons in the first half of 2014, up 130.8 percent from 260,000 tons in the same period last year.
As of Dec. 30