MANGOES FOR EXPORT This news should encourage Goan enterprise
To think hard, and some practical schemes devise, To increase production of mangoes, Essentially for export to those Countries like the USA where there is demand for such supplies. This should be an immediate and serious pursuit, As the mango tree takes time to bear fruit . Meanwhile private orchards can provide, And some portion of their produce set aside. In this way the culture of exports in Goa will take root. - Shanti Dhoot RE: INDIAN MANGOES MESMERISING AMERICANS < http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html > By Rajeev Ranjan Roy New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A year after the US permitted import of Indian mangoes once again, the king of fruits has become a hit, with varieties like Alphonso, Kesar, Langra, Chausa and Mallika set to become a part of their lexicon, a state-run export promotion agency has said. India<http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html>, which exported 150 tonnes of mangoes to the US last year, is expected to see the quantity doubling this year, says the commerce ministry's Agricultural and Processed Food Products<http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html>Export Development Authority (APEDA). "The sheer taste of Indian mangoes has mesmerised not only non-resident Indians but others as well. The US is going to be a huge market for Indian mangoes," said R.K. Boyal, general manager of the agency. "In terms of taste and flavour, Indian mangoes proved their superiority over their Latin American counterparts, which are 'thick-skinned'. There is, in fact, no comparison between our mangoes and theirs," Boyal told IANS. The US, which is home to an estimated two million people of Indian origin, had banned the import of Indian mangoes in 1989, over problems with pests such as fruit<http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html>flies and weevils. A pact between US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi<http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html>in March 2006 to promote trade in agriculture, among other issues, paved the way for re-exports of mangoes from India to the US again. Apeda organised a mango promotion festival in New York<http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html>June 5-9 and in Los Angels June 10-13."The response from *NRI* <http://www.thaindian.com/what-is-nri.html>s and others was quite encouraging. They bought several cartons of mangoes brought for display. Each box containing two to three kilos of mangoes sold for $30," Boyal told IANS. APEDA data says India exported 79,060.88 tonnes of fresh mangoes and 156,835.52 tonnes of mango pulp in 2006-07. Major markets for Indian mangoes are the UAE, Japan, Europe, the Middle East, Canada, Germany and Hong Kong<http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/indian-mangoes-mesmerising-americans-says-export-agency_10060460.html> .
