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I am a big fan of mango. In fact, it is my most favorite fruit. Well, this is a fruit that is adored by millions of people in South Asia. Pakistan exports mangoes to various countries. In 2006, Pakistan exported 87,000 tonnes of mangoes. Now, it is going to export mangoes to the US. Pakistan is also one of the top ten producers of mangoes in the world.

Daily Times wrote:

The officials claimed that the country was producing 1.34 million tonnes of mangoes per annum and exporting less than six percent of it. If Pakistan succeeds in getting access to US market, mango export was likely to yield $150 million per annum. Such a high return would help increase mangoes production by 50 percent. The government exported 0.11 million tonnes of mango in the outgoing season 2007.

Pakistan can earn up to $1400 per tonne through mango export if it raises fruit quality, processing, packing, grading standards to the US-level against its present earning of only $350 per tonne, the officials maintained.

One thing Pakistani exporters will have to keep in mind is that consumers in the US are concerned about the quality of any food. So, Pakistani exporters would have to ensure maximum quality for their product (mango).

Earlier this year, USAID organized a workshop about Pakistan’s Mango Export Potential.