Indian bananas to be exported to Iran via sea

Published Oct 16, 2021

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India's Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is preparing to export bananas from Uttar Pradesh to Iran for the first time. The shipment, sent from the Mango Pack House at Malihabad in Lucknow district, will be transported through Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Navi Mumbai. This comes as Iran, which imported 375,407 tons of bananas worth $255.31 million in the fiscal 2020-21, seeks to expand its banana plantations in Sistan-Baluchestan province by 2,000 hectares in partnership with the private sector, using modern technology to improve yield and quality. Iran also exports apples to countries like Iraq, Russia, and Afghanistan, with the export of apples standing at 884,798 tons worth $326.67 million in the fiscal 2020-21.

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EghtesadOnline: India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), an organization under the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, will dispatch the first-ever shipment of bananas from Uttar Pradesh (a state in northern India) to Iran by sea. The shipment will be sent through Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Navi Mumbai today, Times of India reported on Thursday.Officials of APEDA’s Uttar Pradesh regional office said the shipment will be sent from the Mango Pack House at Malihabad in the Lucknow district.“It will be the first time that the international market will taste the bananas from UP. The fruit will be procured directly from farmers of Palia Kalan, Lakhimpur, and will be brought to the packhouse. Two containers of 40 feet will be sent to the Iranian market on a trial basis,” an APEDA official commented.A total of 375,407 tons of banana worth $255.31 million were imported into Iran in the fiscal 2020-21 (ended March ...

Source: Eghtesadonline.com