India sees export opening

Yesterday saw the signing of a protocol under which Indian leaf tobacco will be exported to China, according to a Press Trust of India story published in the Business Standard and The Week.

A statement by the Indian Embassy in Beijing said the protocol was signed by India’s Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan and Zhang Jiwen, Vice Minister of General Administration of China Customs, which is responsible for examining market access and quarantine issues in respect of India’s agriculture and allied products.

The revival of the phytosanitary protocol with China would pave the way for the revival of Indian tobacco exports to China and prove economically beneficial to Indian farmers, the statement said.