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Expressing serious concern over reports of possible dilution of import duties on apples under proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Europe, the United States and Chile, PDP (Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party) leader Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday warned through her official X h