The Indian federal government has prohibited the import of this fruit wherever the CIF (cost, insurance, and freight) is below Rs 50 a kilogram. However, this minimum import price condition doesn't apply to the product from Bhutan.
State leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur said that the government had also imposed a 50% import duty on apple, which will take the price of cheapest imported apple to Rs 75 a kg, minus the transportation cost.
The only apple costing below Rs 50 a kg can come from Bhutan. In the last five years, 5.8 mln boxes (average 20 kg each) were produced by Himachal Pradesh in the year 2019-20.
[ Rs 100 = €1.10 ]
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com