Outcome of Modi's visit - Amul gets an export market for its products in Russia

One of the gains of Modi's visit to Russia is that Amul is getting an export market for its products in Russia. Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) markets brand Amul and it is moving closer to export its dairy products to Russia - this will make it the first Indian dairy major to enter that market.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 29 December 2015.

A top official of GCMMF was in the Indian delegation that accompanied Modi during the visit and, Amul is hopeful that Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor (also known as Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance or FSVPS) - will soon allow imports of dairy products from India by removing 1,000 cows' farm condition.
Russia had evaluated India as their supplier last year, after visits to few Indian dairy plants in November 2014 during which time FSVPS had suggested that only those Indian dairy plants which own more than 1,000 cows shall be approved for export of dairy products to Russia.
This had been objected to by Amul since it was an impractical non-tariff barrier since such a criteria had not been imposed by Russia on any other country from where it imports milk products. Moreover, majority of Indian farmers usually possess 2 to 5 milch animals and there are not more than 2 to 3 farms across the country that have more than 1,000 cows as asked by Russian protocol.
That condition appears to have been removed after the visit of Prime Minister Modi.
Incidentally, while all co-operatives put together currently have an inventory of 50,000 MT milk powder, Amul alone procures 205 lakh litres milk every day.

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