Cashew industry may face huge losses as processing disrupted

The Federation of Indian Cashew Industry in a letter to the Centre has said around 15,000 tonnes of cashew kernels valued at Rs 9,000 crore are stuck in different stages of processing at the factories across India due to the lockdown. It noted that though food processing has been declared as an essential service, many state governments have not given the permission to operate cashew units. KOCHI: The delay in permission by various state governments to operate processing units has led to an accumulation of cashew nuts at various stages […]

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