Pakistan: Fruit, vegetable export jumps to $625 million
He told that Pakistan has started its potato export to the markets of Middle East whereas the markets of South Korea, Mauritius and Japan have also allowed access to Pakistani fruits. The spokesman continued to say that during 2012-13, Pakistan has made records in the export of potatoes, onions and Kinnow. Pakistan fruit and vegetable exports jumped from 538 million dollars to 625 million dollars.
He said that Pakistan's climate is very suitable for producing high quality fruits and vegetables and the Punjab government has also made tremendous efforts to increase exports of fruits and vegetables from this province.
However, he stressed the need to improve quality of local production up to international standard and said that new varieties of fruits and vegetables are also being introduced among the farmers besides imparting education and training to the growers to improve the quality of fruits and vegetables by utilizing new technologies for grading, processing, packing, storing and transporting of fruits and vegetables.
Source: brecorder.com
