Quality control orders have helped open markets: Officials

. NEW DELHI: Quality control orders (QCOs) are not just meant to help improve standards within the country but have also emerged as tools to help govt get foreign countries to open the doors for Indian exports, officials said. They cited the instance of European Union, which was not allowing Indian fisheries exports for nine years, and govt leveraged QCOs to get the trade bloc – known to strike a hard bargain during negotiations – to open the market for 102 new establishments, whose clearances were pending. Similarly, Russia is looking to allow 25 Indian entities to export seafood to…