Tariff delivers big blow for pulse industry

By Gregor Heard
January 17 2018 - 7:00am
Chickpea producers now have to deal with a heavy import tariff in India, Australia's largest market for the crop.
Chickpea producers now have to deal with a heavy import tariff in India, Australia's largest market for the crop.

THE AUSTRALIAN pulse industry could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in export income due to a decision by the Indian government to impose a 30 per cent tariff on chickpea and lentil imports, effective immediately.

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