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Pradeep Kumar

22/05/21 09:25 AM IST

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Apeda organises virtual buyer seller meet for boosting mango exports to South Korea.

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  • India shipped consignment of 2.5 MTs of Geographical Indication (GI) certified mangoes to South Korea.
  • The mangoes exported to South Korea, were treated, cleaned & shipped from the APEDA assisted and registered packhouse & vapor heat treatment facility at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and exported by IFFCO Kisan SEZ (IKSEZ).
  • This was the first export consignment sent by IKSEZ, which is a subsidiary of IFFCO, a multi-state cooperative with a membership of 36,000 societies. 
  • There is possibility of more exports of mangoes to South Korea this season.
  • IFFCO Kisan SEZ has an agreement with Meejaim, South Korea for supplying 66 MTs of mango this season.
  • The mangoes to South Korea were processed at A P Agros Integrated Packhouse & VHT System, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and the unit is financially assisted by APEDA for facilitating the fresh fruits and vegetable exports from the region.
  • Nearly 400 MTs of fresh fruits & vegetables has been exported from the pack house.
  • It caters to the southern states for export of horticulture produce for export to European Union and non-EU countries.
Mango Production
  • Mango in India is also referred as ‘king of fruits’ and referred as Kalpavriksha (wish granting tree) in ancient scriptures.
  • While most of the states in India have mango plantations, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka have major share in total production of the fruit.
  • Alphonso, Kesar, Totapuri and Banganpalli are leading export varieties from India. Mango exports primarily take place in three forms: fresh mango, mango pulp, and mango slice.
  • Mangoes are processed by the APEDA registered packhouse facilities and then exported to various regions and countries including middle east, European Union, USA, Japan and South Korea.
Source: PIB

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