Archive · 21 May 2025
Himachal Pradesh CM Seeks Higher Duty on Turkish Apples
Imagine India's apple farmers are like a special club that makes delicious apples.
Now, apples from Turkey are coming in at a lower price.
The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh wants to help the club by making the Turkish apples more expensive to buy, so more people will buy apples from the Indian farmers.
He wrote a letter to the Prime Minister asking him to do this.
The Chief Minister wants to make sure the apple farmers in his state and nearby states can continue to earn money and keep their businesses going because apples are very important to the economy.
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu urged PM Modi to raise import duty on Turkish apples.
The CM wants to increase the duty from 50% to at least 100%.
He also requested quantitative restrictions on apple imports.
The CM stated Turkish apples harm the local apple industry.
Apple is a prime cash crop generating Rs 4,500 crore annually and employing 2.5 lakh families.
- Who
- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
- What
- Urged Prime Minister Modi to increase import duty on Turkish apples.
- When
- In a recent letter.
- Where
- India
- Why
- To protect the interests of apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir.
Importers/Consumers (Implied)
Apple Growers in India
Import Duties
Importers/Consumers (Implied)
Not Available
Apple Growers in India
Increase import duties to protect domestic apple growers from cheaper imports, especially from Turkey.
- Apple Crop Income
- Rs 4,500 crore annually
- Mandays Generated
- 10 lakh
- Families Employed
- 2.5 lakh
- Fresh Apples Imported in 2024
- 5.19 lakh metric tonnes
- Apples Imported from Turkey in 2024
- 1.17 lakh metric tonnes
- Current Import Duty on Apples
- 50%
- Proposed Import Duty on Turkey Apples
- 100%