Currently, over 30 trucks laden with apples are leaving for Dhaka and other cities of Bangladesh daily from Kashmir. Some 12,000 tons of apples are exported to Bangladesh while around 8,000 tons are exported to Nepal.
The apples are transported to Bangladesh along the border with West Bengal. Bangladesh is the biggest export market of Kashmiri apples. However, the assessment value hike by the Bangladesh government has left the growers very worried. President of Kashmir Apple Growers Association, Fayaz Ahmad Malik said that imposition of export duty by the Bangladesh government was becoming an impediment in the large-scale exports to the country.
Source: deccanherald.com