Hyderabad International Airport begins mango exports
The move supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to increase farmers’ incomes by promoting exports, which garner a higher return than domestic sales of produce. RGIA is “the first airport in India to facilitate the export of mangoes to South Korea directly from a farm-based infrastructure”, GHIA said. The operator and HMAC worked with the farming community at Vizianagaram to develop a packing facility, create markets and obtain the requisite Government approvals for the project.
Volumes on the route are expected to reach 10 tonnes a day while the fruit is in season and similar projects are on the horizon at other catchment areas such as Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Northern Karnataka and Eastern Maharashtra. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh account for 25% of India’s mango production.
source: aircargonews.net
