Constraints in Mango Export from India

Indian Economy is facing various constraints in exporting horticulture goods relating to production practices, post-harvest technologies and issues relating to supply chain, market access, Non-Tariff Measures and government policies. The present paper aims to analyse the constraints in the export of Indian mango in terms of tariff and non-tariff barriers imposed by developed countries and the constraints faced by the exporters at domestic level. The findings depicts that countries like Russia, Japan, Turkey and EU countries imposed tariff on agricultural products more than or equal to bound rate while rate while USArejects IMPORT OF Indian mango due to Sanitary reasons. Besides, the tariff rates of other countries are also beyond the bound rate as decided by the WTO.Also, out of the total refusals, around 58 per cent were on the grounds of adulteration and 42 per cent on account of inadequate labelling/misbranding & insanitary conditions.Although, the government has taken various efforts to remove these aforementioned hurdles, but a lot more is needed to boost mango export at national and international level.