Drop pepper from import list of free trade pacts: Growers, trade plead with Centre

The Indian Pepper and Spice Traders, Farmers, Producers and Planters Consortium (IPSTPC) has urged the Commerce Minister, Suresh Prabhu, to remove black pepper from SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area) and ISFTA (Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement) import list in order to save domestic …

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