India resumed mango exports to the United States after a two-year pause induced by the pandemic. More than 1,000 tons of alphonso, kesar and other mangoes were shipped recently, industry resources said.
India also exported mangoes to Japan for the first time, while shipments to South Korea also resumed after two years.
Officials told FE that in the current year, Alphonso and Kesar mangoes from India were sold in the U. S. market. U. S. with a premium of $9 and $7 per kg, respectively, to $3 and $4 per kg made from mangoes from other countries.
Mango exports stopped in 2020 and 2021 because U. S. Department of Agriculture inspectors stopped. The USDA was unable to go to India to inspect irradiation services due to restrictions due to Covid19.
Mangoes exported to the United States go through an irradiation process, where the fruit is exposed to gamma radiation, which kills insects or insecticides the fruit.
The Agricultural and Processed Food Development Authority (Apeda) aims to strengthen India’s presence in the U. S. mango market. The US is basically governed by countries such as Peru, Brazil and Venezuela.
Following a phytosanitary framework signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service earlier this year, mango exports from 3 irradiation facilities in Vashi (Navi Mumbai), Nasik and Bengaluru have begun.
Apeda has organized a series of mango promotion systems in Dubai, Bahrain, Denmark, San Francisco, Turkey, Afghanistan and Germany.
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India began exporting mangoes to Japan with an expedition of about 50 tons. Apeda, in collaboration with the Embassy of India in Japan, organized a mango promotion program in supermarkets in Japan. Similarly, mango exports to South Korea also this season after two year gaps.
A Malaysian delegation inspected irradiation services in Mumbai, Nashik and Bengaluru, and secured imports of mangoes such as alphonso, kera and banganpalli from next season.
Apeda held a mango festival in Bahrain, where 34 mangoes from the eastern states, as well as West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, were exhibited at the Al Jazeera Group supermarket in Bahrain.
Mr. Angamuthu, president of Apeda, said that India has been granted market access from Argentina for mango exports, “our purpose has been to export exclusive types of mangoes from the states to more than 50 countries. “
India is the largest mango manufacturer in the world, followed by China. However, it exports less than 1% basically due to the lack of a container shipping protocol and air freight is expensive. The uniqueness of Indian mangoes is their sweetness and small size.
In 2021-2022, the United Arab Emirates (44%), the United Kingdom (22%), Qatar (7%), Oman (6%) and Kuwait (5%) had a share of 84% in the new Indian market. mango exports.