India, Jan. 8 -- After the recently concluded India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Auckland declared, "Key goods benefits include. valuable new quota access for kiwifruit and apples, with volumes starting well above average recent trade, and growing beyond that. New Zealand is the first country to secure preferential access for apples in any Indian FTA, and the first kiwifruit exporter to secure tariff-free access. plus a 50 per cent tariff reduction outside quota." Another statement added that forestry is a major export to India, and post-FTA, "over 95 per cent of the exports will be able to enter tariff-free immediately from entry into force, with tariffs on almost all our existing trade phased out over seven years."

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