Mango exports to US jump 60% in April

NEW DELHI: Indian mango exports have started on a good note. The total quantity shipped so far has already recorded a 60% growth in the first month of the current season even as production is estimated to have declined.

Mango exports to the US stood at 31.7 tonnes in April this year compared to around 20 tonnes in the corresponding onth last year, according to Apeda. During the 2008 mango season, starting from April, India had exported 143 tonnes of mangoes to the US valued at around Rs 2 crore, it said. The US allowed import of Indian mangoes in 2008.