A New Zealand trade delegation to India has promised assistance to the apple growing regions in the north, as negotiations on free trade continue with that country. Pipfruit NZ chief executive Alan Pollard was a member of the party who accompanied theformer Minister of Primary Industries David Carter to Himachal Pradesh to visit apple industry representatives there in November last year. The New Zealand industry has a relationship with three apple regions, Himachal Pradesh is the largest by value, Cashmere is the highest by volume and the third is Uttarakhand.
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