India is considering China's grape import market to the tune of 630 million USD

However, this only accounts for one percent of China's total grape imports, which account for about $ 630 million, and two percent of India's total exports, of which fruits are only about half a million dollars. Raise to 300 million USD, said Tuesday a statement from the Indian Embbady.

A group of Chinese importers travel to India as part of New Delhi's efforts to promote Indian grapes in China and exploit the country's vast market. Indian grape exports to China have almost doubled from $ 3.5 million in 2016 to $ 6.7 million last year. However, this only accounts for one percent of China's total grape imports, which account for about $ 630 million, and two percent of India's total exports, or $ 300 million, said Tuesday. communiqué from the embbady of India.

this huge market, the embbady of India in Beijing and its consulates in Guangzhou and Shanghai have taken steps to promote Indian grapes in China, including by organizing a meeting between buyers and sellers with the support of APEDA, an agency of India's Ministry of Commerce, Mumbai. "About 23 Chinese importers and more than 100 Indian exporters participated in the buyer-seller meeting which also held an exporters' product show," the statement said.

APEDA will also take Chinese exporters to Nashik, also known as the grape capital of India, accounting for nearly half of India's exports of grapes. India and China have seen renewed interest as China allows access to non-basmati Indian rice in June and rape seed meal in September, he added. Following the Wuhan summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in April, India and China explore opportunities to increase Indian exports to China in order to reduce the trade deficit more than 51 billion USD.

Two Chinese teams will visit India next month for inspection of pomegranate and soybean meal. The Chinese authorities are expected to approve these two products at the earliest to import them from India to China, the statement said. India has also offered access to various other products such as soybean, okra, banana, sapota, papaya, corn, sorghum and so on. The Embbady of India has organized, with other government agencies, promotional events for various products such as rice, sugar, cakes, tea over the last few months, which has allowed to establish contacts between Indian exporters and Chinese importers. Recently, at a bilateral meeting with MOFCOM's Chinese Vice Minister, Wang Shouwen, Secretary of Commerce, Anup Wadhawan, pointed out that India could become a major source of many agricultural product needs for China, the statement said.