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India Lowers Import Duties for Lentils

India recently lowered import duties on lentils, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service said in a July 30 report. The country eliminated its 10% basic duty on lentils for all origins except the U.S., and reduced basic import…

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duties on U.S. lentils from 30% to 10%. India also lowered its Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess on imported foreign lentils from 20% to 10%. USDA said the “total effective import duty” on U.S. lentils was lowered from 55% to 22%.