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Marine exports from India risk damage as China imposes non-tariff barriers

China is one of the key markets for India as far as marine exports are concerned

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Shreya Nandi New Delhi
Outbound shipments of marine products from the country are facing non-tariff barriers in China, causing concerns for Indian exporters, people aware of the matter said.

At a time when exporters are battling twin challenges of container shortage and high freight costs, Covid-19 testing on the imported seafood consignments at the Customs and local authority-level in China has exacerbated the uncertainty over the last two months. Conta­iners are being held up at Chinese ports that has resulted in exporters incurring heavy dem­urrage charges. In addition, Chinese importers not making payments towards cle­a­red consignments is also a major issue, they said.

“China has introduced

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