Mango exports up 19% to $47.98 million during April-August

Team Blitz India

NEW DELHI: India’s mango exports rose 19 per cent to $47.98 million during the April-August period this fiscal, the Commerce Ministry said on October 27. In volume terms, the shipments increased to 27,330.02 tonnes during the first five months of this fiscal from 22,963.78 tonnes in the year-ago period, it said.Of this, the maximum were exported to the US, it said.

India has exported 2043.60 tonnes of mangoes to the US in the first five months of the current fiscal, an increase of 19 per cent over the same period last year, the ministry said.

The other major destinations include Japan (43 tonnes), New Zealand (111 tonnes), Australia (58.42 tonnes), South Africa (4.44 tonnes), and Iran,Maurtitus , Czech Republic, and Nigeria.