Manglauru, Dec 10: A delegation of Kanara Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mangaluru, today attended an interactive meeting with Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Commerce and Industry, organised by North Chamber of Commerce at Bekal.
The delegation comprised of P B Abdul Hameed, President, KCCI, Isaac Vas, Vice-President, Prashant C G, Honorary Secretary, and Praveen Kumar Bangera, Director. They discussed with the minister the various issues of PPP and other issues of Mangalore International Airport, misuse of SAFTA provisions by Sri Lanka and issues of 1.5 Market Fee / Cess on agricultural produces.
Mr Abdul Hameed enlightened the Minister that pepper from Vietnam is being routed through Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan authorities are issuing Certificate of Country of Origin to this product as their Country which has duty benefits under SAFTA as Sri Lanka is a SAARC country. This duty exemption is affecting Indian Farmers who are not getting the right price for their agricultural produces.
The State Government through APMC is leving 1.5% of Market Fee / Cess on agricultural produces. Our neighboring States are not leving Market Fee / Cess on agricultural produces. This is a burden on our Farm produces.
The KCCI president also appealed to the Minister to direct the concerned Authority / Department to enlighten KCCI regarding progress of KCCI proposals for infrastructural development like Pals (Precision Approach Lighting System) and extension of Runway towards the North of Old Airport etc.
The Minister gave a patient hearing to the delegation and assured it of attending to the issues raised by them and do the needful, stated a release issued by the KCCI.
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