Agri Export Facilitation Centre set up in Hubli
The Hindu

Centre will provide information regarding quality standards in foreign markets
HUBLI: The Agri Export Facilitation Centre set up by the Export Promotion Cell, Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Hubli, in association with the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, was inaugurated here on Tuesday.

UAS Vice-Chancellor S.A. Patil inaugurated the centre at a function at the KCCI. Shankaranna Munavalli, president of the KCCI, presided over the function.

Speaking at a press conference held in this connection, Mr. Munavalli said the centre has been set up to disseminate information and guide prospective exporters on international quality standards and other related issues.

The facilitation centre will provide information regarding quality standards and regulations in foreign markets.

It will rope in agriculture experts to guide and arrange for testing of samples for export, he added. To a query, Dr. Patil said dry chillies and horticultural products such as grape, pomegranate, fig, lime and mango that are grown in the region can be exported if quality is maintained.

Diamond grading

Mr. Munavalli said the Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Chennai, and Indian Diamond Institute, Surat, will conduct a six-day gems and diamond grading and identification course for jewellers in north Karnataka from Thursday.

The course will train jewellers in identifying and grading gems and diamonds manually and through technical analysis. The training will help jewellers to identify gems and diamonds, he said.

Mahendra Ladhad, honorary secretary, and Andanappa Sajjanar, joint secretary, KCCI, were present.