The export season for Pakistani mangoes commenced on Saturday after the country dispatched the first air shipment to Europe. “The mango export season started today with the first air shipment to Europe,” said Waheed Ahmed, patron-in-chief of the All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association. “The first shipment through sea will depart the country on May 22. It will go to the United Arab Emirates and other gulf countries like Oman and Saudi Arabia.”
Ahmed said 50 percent of Pakistani mangoes were exported by sea, 35 percent by land, and 15 percent by air. Pakistan’s mango export target is 125,000 tons during the current year. Pakistan’s main export destinations are the Middle East and Europe and around 40 percent of our mangoes exports go to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iran.
Source: arabnews.pk