The rainy weather in India has resulted in lower volumes from the usual pomegranate growing regions. GVK Naidu, managing director of Sam Agri, states that newer plantations are providing more volumes at this point in the season.
“We export pomegranate arils from India to Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia markets. As far as the fruit harvest is concerned, the overall yield and volume was reduced, given the unusual weather and extended rainy season across southern and western India, compared to previous years. Currently there is good volume coming in from newer growing regions across Rajasthan and Gujarat in western India, while there is a loss of crop from traditional areas across Maharashtra and Karanataka.”
The coronavirus changed a lot of the landscape in the fresh produce export from India, but now that the pandemic is over, things are going back to normal, Naidu explains: “Our monthly aril export volumes have stabilized back to pre-Covid levels across the European and Middle Eastern markets. We have experiences a very positive development in regards to the re-opening of the USA market for export of Arils from India, which can bring in considerable demand for 2023. Also, Australia is a new potential market. We are positive that this market will bring increased demand for the pomegranate arils from India.”
The United States being available again for the export of pomegranate arils is a huge development for Sam Agri, Naidu says: “We’re very keen to restart our exports to the USA and our long-standing clients are eagerly waiting to receive our first shipments. The first shipment from India is expected to arrive sometime in January, as the agreed SOP’s require coordination between various state and central government departments and agencies. As a leading exporter, we’re coordinating the initiative to restart the USA arils shipments from India.”
Sam Agri is taking a couple of extra steps to ensure their environmental footprint is as green as it can be. “We’re taking the lead in incorporating environmentally friendly initiatives across our three high care facilities in southern and western India. We’ve invested in solar plants across all the facilities, more than half of the power that is used comes from renewable sources. And in our Nashik Plant, our water consumption is 100% from harvested rainwater. All our plants are SMETA/SEDEX compliant and our workforce comprises of 80%+ women who are recruited from marginal societies and trained to work in high-care food processing industries,” Naidu concludes.
Sam Agri will exhibit during Fruit Logistica 2023 in Berlin. You can find the exporter in Hall 5.2, stand D83.
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GVK Naidu / Priyatham V
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