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The US rejected 15 shipments of Indian mangoes between May 9-11. (Image AI is generated)
The US rejected 15 Indian mango shipments at Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta Airports. Due to this, exporters have lost more than Rs 4 crore.
US authorities have ordered to destroy or be sent back, citing disturbances in mango paper documents. Exporters said that mangoes are soon a bad crop and the cost of return was high, hence they were destroyed in America itself.
Why the shipment of mangoes stopped?
The irradiation process is mandatory to import fruits in the US. Fruit germs are killed in this process. After the procedure, the PPQ203 form (insect control certificate) is issued to the exporter. In India, this process takes place under the supervision of USDA (US Agriculture Department) at a plant in Navi Mumbai.
The PPQ203 form was released after the treatment of mangoes from here on 8-9 May. On reaching the USA, the authorities found mistakes in the documents. According to the US Department of Agriculture, the PPQ203 form was incorrectly filled, due to which the shipments were rejected.
But this mistake was not related to the presence of insects, but due to the flaws in filling the form.
Exporters said- had to pay the price of the mistakes of the plant
Exporters say that they have to pay the cost of the mistakes of the Irridation Plant. A merchant said, PPQ203 form is issued only USDA officials. If treatment had not been done, then this form would not have been received. The shipment is not cleared from Mumbai Airport if a mistake is made.
The second businessman said that his consignment was stopped at Los Angeles Airport between 9-11 May and was later ordered to destroy. The businessman says that we have completed all the rules, yet suffered losses.
Exporters loss of $ 5 million
The incident has caused a loss of about 5 million dollars (about 4.2 crore rupees) to the traders. America is a big market for Indian mangoes. In the case, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) said that the matter is related to the Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board (MSAMB), contact them. MSAB has not responded in the case.
Traders’ anxiety increased due to shipment rejecting
The US Department of Agriculture has said that traders will have to bear the cost of sending or destroying consignments. The US Customs Department (CBP) said the PPQ203 forms were incorrectly issued “and do not complete the entry requirement.
After this incident, traders are afraid of questioning the quality procedures of Indian mangoes and such an incident happening again in the future.