India lifts, then reimposes pea import ban within 24 hours

Gregor Heard
September 7 2018 - 5:00am
Peter Wilson, chief executive of AGT Foods Australia, says the Indian government will be focusing on local issues in the lead-up to the Indian election next year.
Peter Wilson, chief executive of AGT Foods Australia, says the Indian government will be focusing on local issues in the lead-up to the Indian election next year.

A flicker of hope that India may be softening its stance on pulse import bans and tariffs when it briefly lifted an import ban on all peas last week was extinguished almost immediately when the Indian Government reinstated the ban just 24 hours later.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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