Chickpea and sesame consignments from India probed by Russia

Published 2021년 3월 22일

Tridge summary

India is a major producer of chickpeas and sesame seeds, important for its farmers and state revenue, and popular in Russia for their health benefits. However, Russia's agricultural watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, has expressed concern over the quality of recent exports, with two sesame seed and one chickpea shipment found to have fake phytosanitary certificates. These fake certificates have led to the detainment of the cargo in St. Petersburg, and India has been requested to verify the authenticity of the documents. India is the world's leading producer of chickpeas, accounting for 70% of the global supply, and is the largest producer of sesame seeds, with the majority of production happening during the harif season. The main importers of Indian chickpeas include Turkey, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Syria, and the United States, while countries in Asia tend to import the Desi-type chickpeas.

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Original content

India produces many varieties of both chickpeas and sesame seeds and is an important source of income for farmers and the state budget. There are fans in Russia of these Indian goods, as they are considered beneficial to health, but now control over the quality of exports will be strengthened on March 19 Rosselkhoznadzor held talks with the head of the Trade Department of the Indian Embassy in Russia Vrindaba Gohil and the deputy head of the Economic and Commercial Department of the Embassy Anand Shankar Rosselkhoznadzor expressed concern due to the fact that two consignments of sesame seeds and one consignment of chickpeas came to Russia from India over the past month, accompanied by invalid phytosanitary certificates. The documents were recognized as such because they were accompanied by fake attachments. In all three cases, the Rosselkhoznadzor sent official letters to Indian colleagues asking them to verify the authenticity of the documents. In response, the Indian side sent ...

Source: Agroxxi