The European Commission has notified lifting of the ban on mango through Commission Implementing Decision no. 2015/237 of 12th February, 2015.

Indian export of mango to the EU during 2012 and 2013 were valued at US$ 6.73 million and 10.09 million respectively. Ban on import of vegetables from India has not been lifted by EU.

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been developed by the Government for pest free export of fresh vegetables to EU wherein the vegetables are processed in pack houses approved by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the supervision of Plant Quarantine before export to EU.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Lifting of import ban on mangoes restores trade access under EU implementing decision, with vegetables still subject to export controls. The European Commission lifted the import ban on Indian fresh mangoes by an implementing decision, restoring trade access subject to EU import rules. Vegetables remain banned; the Government has adopted a Standard Operating Procedure requiring processing in approved packhouses under plant quarantine supervision and export compliance measures as prerequisites for vegetable exports.