India’s dairy sector remains protected from duty concessions in FTAs due to its sensitivity involving small farmers. Recent agreements with Switzerland, Norway, and Australia too excluded this sector.
India has excluded sensitive items like dairy products, apples, cheese among others from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United Kingdom, commerce ministry said on May 6.
“Sensitive items like dairy products, apples, cheese etcetera excluded from any duty concession by India to protect its farmers,” the ministry said.
This is in line with India’s traditional stance of keeping dairy out of trade deals with countries.
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India’s dairy sector remains protected from duty concessions in FTAs due to its sensitivity involving small farmers. Recent agreements with Switzerland, Norway, and Australia too excluded this sector.
New Delhi is also more protective of its agricultural sector when negotiating trade deals with other nations.
There is about 30 per cent import duty on milk and milk products in the country.
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