Pakistan plans to establish links with Chinese mango buyers

Envoy says despite drop in output, there is adequate capacity for export

SHANGHAI:

Pakistan is planning to establish long-term relations between its mango exporters and Chinese importers, remarked Hussain Haider, Consul General of Pakistan in Shanghai.

There has been an obvious decline in the production of Pakistani mangoes this year due to harsh weather. Almost a 60% decline has been observed. However, Haider, in an interview with China Economic Net after the success of 2022 Pakistan Mango Festival and Pakistan Promotion Conference held on August 1 in Shanghai, gave a positive response, saying that the normal output of mangoes in Pakistan stood at 1.8 million tonnes per year and exports comprised 150,000 tonnes.

“Although production has decreased, there is still adequate capacity for export.”

Though the mangoes that Pakistan exports to China on a commercial basis are not of substantive quantity, in 2021 the supply almost increased by 10% in comparison to 2020.

Haider believes that with continuous marketing efforts, Pakistani mango exports will gain substantial traction.

When informed that the Chinese market already consists of mangoes imported from other countries in much larger quantities,  the consul general replied “Our mangoes have a distinct advantage in taste and aroma, which you will not see in the mangoes of other countries.”

The article originally appeared on the China Economic Net

 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2022.

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