Middle East is top importer of Pakistani mangoes in 2019
Accounting for over 70 percent of the share of total mango exports this year, the Middle East has remained the top export destination for Pakistani mangoes. The production of mangoes rose in 2019 to 1.5 million tons, worth a reported $80 million, up from 1.3 million in 2018. Pakistan is the world’s sixth-largest exporter of the fruit.
“The Middle East countries remained the biggest market of Pakistani mangoes as more than 82,800 tons were exported there till mid-September, which is a record, and is more than the (total) export of last year which was 82,000 tons,” said Waheed Ahmed, Patron-in-Chief of the All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA).
Ahmed told
Arab News that the UAE topped the table, with 32,500 tons of Pakistani mangoes exported to the country.
“We exported the most mangoes to UAE followed by Iran, where volume was 28,000 tons. Oman was another big market with 13,500 tons. The mangoes exported to Saudi Arabia remained at 3,700 tons.”
He said better production and aggressive marketing coupled with promotions in the Gulf countries under the joint sponsorship of Pakistani foreign missions, had helped achieve the mango export target for the season.
“Mango exports will continue till mid of October,” Ahmed said and added he was hopeful Pakistan might touch a record export figure of 130,000 tons by the end of the season. “We have started a strategy review to increase our export volume next year, especially in those Arab countries where we are not sending directly.”
Pakistan exports 60 percent of its mangoes through sea-routes, 25 percent via land routes and 15 percent by air.
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