Indian delegation visits Chilean prune production sites

Senior executives from leading Indian dried fruit and nut import companies enjoyed a recent visit to Chile to discuss the possibility of a future working relationship with local prune producers and exporters. The delegates, Gunjan Vijay Jain, director of VKC Nuts; Pratik Dattani, managing partner of Regency Global Ingredient; and Rajeev Pabreja, managing director of Commodity Trading Corporation met with representatives of Prunesco and Frutexsa plants accompanied by Sumit Saran, director of SS Associates, an international consulting firm that supports Chileprunes in India. Following the visit, which was organised by Chileprunes, Jain emphasised the importance of “playing on the same side of the court” to better reach consumers and noted that promotion plans should take a long-term approach in the vicinity of five to seven years. Sebastián Plaza, sales and product manager at Frutexsa, said the interest in a long-term working relationship was a positive sign of good will from India. ...