An export consignment comprising 600 kilograms of mangoes was dispatched on Wednesday to Karachi for onward destination – Australia.
Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company General Manager Abdur Razzaq while talking to APP informed that the department had been engaged in hectic efforts to export mangoes to Australia during the last four years. He explained that Australian importers had some reservations earlier but the department addressed those professionally.
“The mangoes underwent hot water treatment in Shujaabad, 44 kilometres from Multan city, and were despatched in line with the high standards of health,” he said. Abdur Razzaq added that efforts were also being made to start export of mangoes and vegetables to South Korea, Lebanon and Mauritius.
Fareed Khan Khakwani, farm owner, expressed that export of mangoes from his farm was a matter of pride for him. “If Pakistan finds new markets for its delicious mangoes it would do well for the national economy as more foreign exchange would be coming to Pakistan.”