Commerce Secretary, Anup Wadhawan and Vice Minister, General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), Li Guo, held a meeting in New Delhi today to discuss trade related issues of pending Indian request for clearance of agricultural products.

Both sides appreciated each other’s concerns and agreed to resolve market access issues expeditiously in order to achieve the vision of the leaders of both India and China by promoting a more balanced trade.

At the end of the meeting a protocol was signed for export of chilli meal from India to China.

Protocols signed between India and China on Agricultural Commodities

Sl. No.	Commodity	Year if signing	Remarks
1.	Mango	2003	-
2.	Bitter Gourd	11th April, 2005	-
3.	Grapes	11th April, 2005	-
4.	Rapeseed meal	15th May 2015	Finally agreed in 2018
5.	Basmati Rice	21st November 2006	First Protocol was signed for Basmati Rice only.
6.	Basmati Rice & Non-Basmati Rice	9th June, 2018	For both varieties
7.	Fish meal/ Fish oil	28th November,2018	Protocol for hygiene and inspection requirements for export of fishmeal fish oil to China
8.	Tobacco Leaves	21st January, 2019	First Protocol was signed on 14.01.2008 for a period of 4 years. It was renewed on 21st January 2019.
9.	Chilli Meal	9th May, 2019	SPS Protocol for export of Indian Chilli meal to China.

(Source: Department of Agriculture Cooperation/Export Inspection Council (EIC)

SPS protocol enables export of Indian chilli meal to China, advancing bilateral agricultural market access and inspection standards. A bilateral SPS Protocol was signed to permit export of Indian chilli meal to China, defining sanitary, phytosanitary and inspection conditions and addressing market access concerns as part of a series of commodity-specific India-China agricultural protocols that set export eligibility, inspection requirements and trade facilitation measures.