date:May 27, 2017
On 1 May, the Indian National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) announced that from 1 June 2017 India will temporarily stop importing Chinese apples and pears. The reason is that they found mealybugs in imported apples and pears, which are harmful organisms that should be quarantined. Once this news spread, the price for Shandong apples dropped.
India is one of the main markets for fruit export from Shandong. From January to March this year, Shandong exported more apples and pears to India t