United States (US) has been extended the anti-dumping duty on the Indian preserved mushrooms for the another 5 years. This decision to revoke existing anti-dumping duty on orders on preserved mushrooms was taken by (US) united state International Trade Commission on cheap imports Chile or China, India and Indonesia. The move will have negative impact on India’s domestic exporters as United State is the major export destination.
What is the Preserved mushroom?
- Preserved mushroom refer to mushrooms prepared or preserved by the blanching, cleaning and sometimes cutting and slicing.
- It is very nutritious, rich in proteins,fibre. It has high content of folic acid which is uncommon in our vegetables and also has amino acids which are normally absent in cereals.
India’s Preserved mushroom trade/Production:
- India exported mushrooms worth 16.08 million dollars in year 2014-15. The Major export destinations are United State, UAE, Israel ,Russia.
- India’s mushroom export to the United State was record 24.76 million dollars in the year of 2011-12.
- In the year of 2009-10, India produced 40,600 tonnes of mushroom. But the China is a leading player in terms of mushrooms production.
Major producing states area:
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and J&K.
In Himachal Pradesh Solan district popular as ‘Mushroom City of India’ because of the huge mushroom farming in the area.
The Anti-dumping duties:
It is counter import measure under the multilateral (WTO) World Trade Organisation
regime to protect the domestic producers and market from below-cost and cheap imports. It varies from product to product and from country to country.
United State extends anti-dumping duty on Indian preserved mushrooms for another 5 years
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