South Korea buys Banganapalli, Suvarnarekha mangoes from AP

Banganapalli and Suvarnarekha mango types, which have Geographical Sign (GI) tags, will be exported to South Korea from Andhra Pradesh. The to start with slot of the mango assortment was sourced from Krishna and Chittoor districts in Andhra Pradesh was shopped on Thursday.

“In a big enhance to India’s mangoes exports in the latest period, a consignment of two.5 tonnes of Banganapalli and Survarnarekha mangoes from Andhra Pradesh had been exported to South Korea. The mangoes had been addressed, cleaned and delivered from the APEDA registered facility at Tirupati,” an APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Foods Items Export Advancement Authority) statement said.

“This is the to start with export consignment despatched by IFFCO Kisan SEZ (IKSEZ), which is a subsidiary of IFFCO,” it said.

More source ahead

IFFCO Kisan SEZ has tied up with Meejaim of South Korea to source 66 tonnes of mango this period.

“There are all over one hundred types of mangoes developed in sizeable portions in India while there are raising export chances for mangoes utilized for table use as properly as diversified processed merchandise,” APEDA Chairman M Angamuthu said.

The AP Agros Built-in Packhouse and VHT Process at Tirupati, which processed the consignment, has exported about 400 tonnes of new fruits and vegetables so considerably.