First export consignment of fresh Jamun sent from Karnataka to London

Bengaluru: India’s trade with the UK just got a tad sweeter with the first shipment of the Indian Kundana variety of Jamun being flagged off to London Thursday, marking eleven years of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.

The development came amid the two sides legally scrubbing their free trade agreement (FTA), which was announced on May 6.

Earlier only frozen and powdered Jamun were exported, officials said.


The commerce and industrial ministry’s arm Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Thursday flaged-off the first export consignment of fresh Jamun fruit from Karnataka to London.

APEDA said that the Jamun fruits have been sourced directly from a Farmer Producer Organization (FPO).

“Local farmers get an average price of Rs 50-60 per kg for the fruit in the domestic fruit, but from this export consignment they would getting an average price of Rs110 per kg,”’said an official.

The consignment has been packed at the APEDA and Plant Quarantine approved Packhouse established by the State Government under the Department of Horticulture.