date:Feb 26, 2019
Indian grape exporters are in a tight spot in the middle of the grape season now that Russia and Sri Lanka are demanding pest-free area certificates. According to exporters, containers from India are lying uncleared for the past couple of weeks in the port of St Petersburg in Russia.
Jagannath Khapre, president of the All India Grape Exporters Association, said plant quarantine issues had been raised by Russia and Sri Lanka, and both the countries had asked for declaration of the entire area as