India restricts apple imports, why is this good news for Poland and Turkey?

India, one of the top five apple importers in the world, on Monday, May 8, 2023, again introduced changes to the procedure for importing apples in order to limit access to its market for low-cost apple suppliers. In particular, now it will be impossible to supply an apple to the Indian market at a price of less than 50 Rs per kg on a CIF basis, which is equivalent to approximately US$0.61 per kg. At the same time, an exception to the rules was made for only one country - for Bhutan. According to EastFruit analysts, in 2022 India imported 392 thousand tons of apple worth $320 million. Only Germany, the UK, Egypt and Indonesia spent more on apple imports than India. Accordingly, India is the most important market for suppliers of all imports, if, of course, they have access to this market. Read also: Unexpected facts and typical misconceptions about the Indian apple market from EastFruit About 60% of all apples were supplied to India by five countries: Turkey, Italy, Iran, Chile and ...