New Delhi, May 29 -- Japan has temporarily suspended imports of mangoes from India after its quarantine officials identified shortcomings in pest-control procedures at Indian export treatment facilities, dealing a setback to exporters during the peak summer mango season.

The restriction affects several premium Indian mango varieties, including Alphonso, Kesar, Langra and Banganapalli, which are shipped to Japan under stringent phytosanitary regulations. Japanese authorities are understood to have questioned whether Indian consignments were consistently meeting the country's plant health requirements.

According to an Economic Times report, Japanese inspectors detected operational lapses at vapour heat treatment (VHT) centres in India dur...