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India's exports to the European Union (EU) are unlikely to get impacted by a legislation that the 27-member bloc adopted on Tuesday on deforestation-free products, officials said..
However, New Delhi will work on mutual recognition of certification with the EU as India's afforestation performance is better than many countries and its forest cover has risen over the years...
The legislation seeks to prohibit products such as palm oil, coffee, cattle, cocoa, rubber, soya, timber, printing paper and derived products in the EU, that came from land that was deforested after December 31, 2020..
"We need to work out the process so that value chains and certification don't get impacted as they are yet to define it," the official said, adding this will be important so that India's agricultural and food exports such as coffee do not get impacted...
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