In an open market economy, cheap Iranian apple imports into India and impacting the price curve of the Kashmir apple in the months of December and January. The report offers a wide view of the apple market in India and how Kashmir, the principal apple grower, in the region must adjust to it by adopting the ecnomy of scale.
by Shakir Ashraf SRINAGAR: The import of Iranian kiwis via Afghanistan to India has triggered a new concern for Kashmir’s apple growers. After a contagious quarantine pest was discovered in the cheap imported fruit, early December, concern is mounting.