Turkey sent back a ship loaded with 56,877 tonnes of wheat sent from India, saying- ‘Grain has rubella virus’

Turkey has refused to accept the wheat consignment sent by India, citing phytosanitary concerns. Turkish authorities refused to accept the consignment, complaining of phytosanitary in wheat. According to Hindustan Times, after this decision of Turkey, the ship which had reached Turkey with this consignment on May 29, had to return. Phytosanitary means there is a disease related to plants. This information has been given by quoting S&P Global Commodity Insights. According to an update from S&P Global Commodity Insights, 56,877 tonnes of wheat was loaded onto the MV Ince Akdeniz ship, which is now returning.

The ship has left Turkey’s Iskenderun Port for India and is expected to reach Gujarat’s Kandla Port by mid-June. With the return of this large consignment of wheat, the difficulties of the traders of India have increased.

S&P Global Commodity Insights quoted Istanbul-based traders as saying, ‘The Ministry of Agriculture has detected Rubella disease in the Indian wheat consignment, due to which it has been rejected.

Government of India did not respond

Turkey’s move comes at a time when the supply of wheat has been affected worldwide due to the Russo-Ukraine war. These shipments were finalized before India banned the export of wheat. According to the report, this wheat consignment was sent by a private company. In April, India banned wheat exports after rising inflation rates. However, the Government of India had said in its order that this ban would not apply to the consignments that had left before the ban.