PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Thursday, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: Iran has evinced interest in importing wheat from India on a regular basis and up to two million tonne of the grain could be shipped to the West Asian country this year, food minister K V Thomas has said.
India lifted ban on wheat exports in September 2011 on account of record production in two consecutive years.
However, Iran has not been importing the Indian wheat due to quality hurdles since 1996.
Few months ago, the sanction-hit Iran had sent a delegation to India to check the quality of Indian wheat. It had also taken wheat samples for quality analysis. ‘‘Iran had taken samples and has responded positively. It is interested to import wheat from India on a long-term basis,’’ Thomas told PTI when asked about the progress made in export of wheat to Iran.
Thursday, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: Iran has evinced interest in importing wheat from India on a regular basis and up to two million tonne of the grain could be shipped to the West Asian country this year, food minister K V Thomas has said.
India lifted ban on wheat exports in September 2011 on account of record production in two consecutive years.
However, Iran has not been importing the Indian wheat due to quality hurdles since 1996.
Few months ago, the sanction-hit Iran had sent a delegation to India to check the quality of Indian wheat. It had also taken wheat samples for quality analysis. ‘‘Iran had taken samples and has responded positively. It is interested to import wheat from India on a long-term basis,’’ Thomas told PTI when asked about the progress made in export of wheat to Iran.
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