Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), May 15, 2025 (ANI): Speaking on the ban of apple imports from Turkey after Turkey backed Pakistan amid the India-Pakistan conflict, young farmer from Shimla, Ankit Bramta, said, 'This is the right moment to stop Turkish apples from entering India. Turkey's support of Pakistan during tensions with India clearly shows that Turkey is not our friend.”
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00:00In Turkey, it's not our friend.
00:15Because we have a friend with one friend in the time of his earthquake.
00:19The payback has been sent to Pakistan to us directly impact our parents.
00:25So for this, this is 100% that this trade will be banned, because India's trade is about 10 billion dollars in Turkey.
00:35In which the Apple's, Apple's last year has 80 lakh boxes imported from Turkey.
00:42And Iran's also similar.
00:45So their imports are from November to Apple.
00:54So it's our off-season.
00:56But whatever our trade is, it's stored.
00:58Whatever our quality is stored, it's stored.
01:02It's stored in the same time.
01:04November, December, January, February, March, so that year round.
01:07So it's the biggest impact of our Apple.
01:10Recently, there were tensions in India.
01:13Turkey has a lot of sides.
01:16And there are also many countries.
01:19China, Iran.
01:20So we're importing all these Apple.
01:22So why do we do that?
01:23Because in Kashmir, Kashmir and Utrakhan, there are also many productions.
01:26So I don't think that it should happen outside.
01:29Just in case it is,
01:31then import duties are so important.
01:33That we are farming.
01:34In Himachal, there are around 10 lakh plus families.
01:38They are solely on Apple production.
01:41So that should not happen.
01:43So Adani is a big player.
01:45Adani is a big player.
01:46They have their own set-up.
01:48So there are a lot of differences in selling and buying procedures.
01:51There are a lot of benefits for farmers.
01:53There is no proper weightage in the boxes.
01:56I don't think that there are 20 kgs in the box.
02:03If we talk about the universal carton,
02:05if we talk about it.
02:06Today, we have seen the tensions in India-Pakistan.
02:09We have seen the tensions in India.
02:10We are seeing that Turkey and China have a big role.
02:15The drone wearer has given them.
02:17In this time, according to all farmers,
02:20it is a dry time.
02:21It is a dry time that we import the Apple from Turkey
02:24and other 44 countries.
02:26So we need to ban these countries.
02:29Or we can do this,
02:31that we need to increase the excite duties.
02:34We need to increase the import duties.
02:36Now it is about 50 rupees.
02:38And at this time,
02:40we are rising from here.
02:42And the cost is coming out.
02:44When we sell it in the market,
02:46it is about 90 rupees.
02:47So it has a lot of impact on all farmers.
02:50Because the cost of 50 is coming in the market.
02:55So the actual value of our save is the actual value.
02:59And the process of the increase in the increase.
03:01I think the value is the same.
03:03So it is the right time
03:05that we will ban the save from the country.
03:07We will ban it.
03:09It is the right time to ban it.
03:11www.government.com
03:27We will ban it.
03:28Do it.