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The fruits have been sourced from farmers in Bengal and Bihar by APEDA registered exporter, DM enterprises, Kolkata and imported by Al Jazeera group, Bahrain.
APEDA
- APEDA has been initiating measures to boost mango exports from the non-traditional regions and states.
- APEDA has been conducting virtual buyer seller meet and festival to promote mango exports.
- Recently in a bid to increase mangoes exports to South Korea, APEDA in collaboration with Indian embassy, Seoul and Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea, organised a Virtual Buyer Seller Meet.
- APEDA has recently organised mango festival in Berlin, Germany.
- APEDA took a lead to organize virtual meet to provide a platform to the exporters and importers of mangoes from India and South Korea.
Exports
- For the first time in this season, India has shipped a consignment of 2.5 Metric Tonne (MTs) of Geographical Indication (GI) certified Banganapalli & other variety Survarnarekha mangoes sourced from farmers in Krishna & Chittor districts of Andhra Pradesh
- 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).
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.
Source: PIB
