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An Indonesian group is set up to go to India this month-end to end the deadlock over the suspension of Indian groundnut imports by Jakarta.
Indonesia suspended the import of groundnuts from India from September 3, following an alert provided on August 27. The suspension followed reports of the existence of aflatoxins, viewed as molds in grains and oilseeds, in Indian groundnuts.
Abhishek Dev, Chairman of the Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority, informed businessline that Indonesia has actually reacted to India’s interaction and is sending out the group.
A New Delhi-based trade expert stated Indonesia will likely resume importing Indian groundnuts after the group gos to India and satisfies itself with the procedures and treatments being followed by growers and exporters.
Exporters challenge findings
The Indonesian group will likely examine the centers that deal with groundnuts for exports. Aflatoxins are thought about dangerous substances. They are produced by the Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus fungis, which infect groundnuts in warm, damp conditions. These contaminants are reported to be genotoxic, carcinogenic, and position dangers to human and animal health, with Aflatoxin B1 being a powerful liver carcinogen.
Trade sources stated APEDA connected to the Indonesian Quarantine Authority (IQA) over the suspension of groundnut imports in the very first half of September.
Even as the restriction was enforced, exporters challenged Indonesia’s postponed procedure in informing the existence of aflatoxins in the groundnut deliveries.
Exporters state there have actually been at least a number of problems with Indonesia’s handling of the groundnut import problem from India. One, the IQA reported issues of aflatoxin in consignments 3 months after they landed from India.
Indonesia’s share
“No one makes sure how the groundnut was saved for 3 months, and the centers offered in the storage facilities. We are not able to accept a choice taken 3 months after consignments land at the ports,” stated the New Delhi-based expert.
The 2nd problem is that exporters state Indonesia’s screening requirements do not adhere to requirements specified by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). IQA checks a sample by taking one kg of groundnuts from the consignment, whereas APEDA takes 20 kg for screening.
Indonesia imports a 3rd of India’s groundnut exports. Last financial, it imported 2.77 lakh tonnes valued at $280 countless the overall 7.46 lakh tonnes valued at $795 million shipped by India.
“The suspension of groundnut imports by Indonesia might cost India 410 crore ($46.65 million) these 2 months,” stated the expert.
Existing costs
Indian exporters are eager to resume deliveries considering that the kharif groundnut harvest has actually started in some parts of the nation. According to the Solvent Extractors Association, kharif groundnut production has actually been approximated at 46 lakh tonnes, practically the like in 2015. This is in spite of the location under the oilseed increasing to 48 lakh hectares (lh) from 47.65 lh a year earlier.
“The absence of institutional memory is among the obstacles to India’s farming exports. We lost the basmati and groundnut markets in Europe and the natural items market in South-East Asia due to this,” the expert stated.
The weighted typical cost of the oilseed, nevertheless, is around 4,885 a quintal now, compared to the minimum assistance rate of 7,263 repaired by the Centre for the existing crop year to June 2026.
APEDA April advisory
Indonesia’s suspension of Indian groundnut imports came within 5 months of APEDA providing an advisory asking screening labs to strictly follow the treatments for the export of groundnut and groundnut items. It inquired to concentrate on the requirements and treatment to be followed for tasting, analysis and delivery stuffing.
The advisory was released after IQA stated it was stepping up tracking of high aflatoxin levels in peanuts and wheat imported from India. The authority signed up 17 food screening laboratories in mid-April to perform screening on agri-products exported from India.
In 2022, Indonesia suspended imports of farming items from India for stopping working to register its screening labs and for a greater level of aflatoxin in groundnuts.
Released on October 22, 2025
