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It was mainly because the Jaigaon customs office had installed a
computerised system called the ICEGATE.
This system asked for quarantine clearance but the Plant Quarantine Services
of India did not issue the clearance for Bhutanese cardamom and Bhutan
Agriculture and Food Authority (BAFRA) clearance is not recognised.
The government later had dialogues with India and resolved the matter in
2018 with cardamom being listed in the export list with India. Many are
pointing fingers at the government saying that the government should have
initiated dialogues bilaterally and included all other agricultural produce.
An official involved in export said the government announced to buy
cardamom from cardamom growers and even mobilised the fund.
“Although the government was working for a temporary measure then, PQC
was applicable to not just cardamom but also other agricultural produce,” he
said, adding that buying from the farmers was never the solution.
“The only solution was to take the matter bilaterally with the Government of
India and sort it out. The government should have realised the same issues
would come for other produce.”
Meanwhile, agriculture minister Yeshey Penjor last night said that negotiations
to list five vegetables and fruits, including potatoes, have been going for the
last two years. Government has also been pushing to include apple, orange,
ginger and areca nuts in the export list.
“It has reached the final stage,” he said.
At the government level, lyonpo said there are no issues and the informal
trade was going on, and traders from across the border are also demanding
for Bhutanese produce. There are also people in Jaigaon who are pushing to
resolve the matter, he added.
Initially, the government, he said, submitted a comprehensive list of
numerous produce. The National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) in
India, however, requested to scale it down and five items were finalised.
“The final feedback demanded by NPPO has also been submitted to Indian
Embassy through the ministry of foreign affairs the day before yesterday. We
are given the assurance that the clearance will be given in a short while,”
lyonpo said.
DAMC’s marketing chief, Yonten Gyamtsho said they have informed the
general public through notifications about the issue and advised them not to
bring potatoes from the source.
“There are no stranded vehicles as far as we are aware,” he said. “Those
that were stranded last week were facilitated to bring until Phuentsholing and
store in go-downs.”
As of yesterday, only cardamom was being exported.
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computerised system called the ICEGATE.
This system asked for quarantine clearance but the Plant Quarantine Services
of India did not issue the clearance for Bhutanese cardamom and Bhutan
Agriculture and Food Authority (BAFRA) clearance is not recognised.
The government later had dialogues with India and resolved the matter in
2018 with cardamom being listed in the export list with India. Many are
pointing fingers at the government saying that the government should have
initiated dialogues bilaterally and included all other agricultural produce.
An official involved in export said the government announced to buy
cardamom from cardamom growers and even mobilised the fund.
“Although the government was working for a temporary measure then, PQC
was applicable to not just cardamom but also other agricultural produce,” he
said, adding that buying from the farmers was never the solution.
“The only solution was to take the matter bilaterally with the Government of
India and sort it out. The government should have realised the same issues
would come for other produce.”
Meanwhile, agriculture minister Yeshey Penjor last night said that negotiations
to list five vegetables and fruits, including potatoes, have been going for the
last two years. Government has also been pushing to include apple, orange,
ginger and areca nuts in the export list.
“It has reached the final stage,” he said.
At the government level, lyonpo said there are no issues and the informal
trade was going on, and traders from across the border are also demanding
for Bhutanese produce. There are also people in Jaigaon who are pushing to
resolve the matter, he added.
Initially, the government, he said, submitted a comprehensive list of
numerous produce. The National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) in
India, however, requested to scale it down and five items were finalised.
“The final feedback demanded by NPPO has also been submitted to Indian
Embassy through the ministry of foreign affairs the day before yesterday. We
are given the assurance that the clearance will be given in a short while,”
lyonpo said.
DAMC’s marketing chief, Yonten Gyamtsho said they have informed the
general public through notifications about the issue and advised them not to
bring potatoes from the source.
“There are no stranded vehicles as far as we are aware,” he said. “Those
that were stranded last week were facilitated to bring until Phuentsholing and
store in go-downs.”
As of yesterday, only cardamom was being exported.
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