Uncle Sam to miss Indian mangoes again

[OhioChick]

< TUESDAY, MARCH 06, 2007 01:34:56 AM>

NEW DELHI: Despite promises made by US President George Bush last year to end the 17-year-old ban on Indian mangoes, the US agriculture department does not seem to be in a mood to oblige. The department has laid down that exports from India could be allowed only after mango consignments are duly inspected and certified by a US official prior to being shipped.

While the condition may appear innocuous, it results in a cost escalation of an estimated $3 per mango for the exporters who are supposed to bear the transport and accommodation costs of the US official. This makes export of mangoes to the US unfeasible for India.

The Indian commerce department has taken up the matter with the US government asking for a relook. Meanwhile, exporters who were hoping to send their mangoes to the US this summer will have to wait for at least another year.

Speaking to ET, commerce department officials said the department has asked the US government to reconsider the condition as Indian exporters do not have enough margins to bear the travel costs of the inspector. “We do not have a problem with getting the consignments inspected by a US official provided they pay for themselves,” an official added.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Uncle_Sam_to_miss_Indian_mangoes_again/articleshow/1727109.cms

So much for that nukes for mangoes agreement...

[partylessinOhio]

1. I don't want a damn thing from India and I want all our IT jobs returned

to the USA. Every time I get an Indian trying to play American on the phone I demand to speak to a real American. They cannot refuse. They transfer my call.

[Luna_C_06]

2. I have a question.

When you ask to be transferred, do they do it because they legally have to or because they don't want to be fired?

[JCMach1]

3. probably just transfering him to the guy who REALLY sounds American!

:evilgrin:

[JCMach1]

4. this is a real shame... the only thing better than Indian mangos

are Pakistani ones!

This not outsourcing, simply allowing the best produce into the country...

Nothing better than fresh mango juice! I can buy it in gallon jugs here!

[FlaGranny]

5. What's wrong with

Mexican mangoes? :)

I don't bother too much with them really. I just go into my yard and pick fresh ones when they're in season. I love them too, but tree ripened and fresh.

[tanyev]

6. Wow, those mangoes must be more dangerous than the nukes we gave them.

That's some mango.

[Bacchus39]

7. South and Central America have plenty of mangoes, Caribbean too

nothing wrong with those