Indian export of grapes suffered a loss of US$53.92 million after the European Union countries refused to accept the consignments due to chemical residue, reported The Times of India.

         The rejected grapes were later accepted by a few other countries at an extremely low price. 

         Grape exporters from Maharashtra, especially from Nashik, Pune and Sangli, which are major grape growing and exporting districts in the state suffered the losses.

         The European Union countries revised their import norms for chemical residue in grapes in December last year, which were not communicated to grape exporters, who came to know about the changed norms only when their containers were stopped at various ports in Europe.