India sends first trial shipments of pomegranate to Australia via sea routeIndia has initiated its first commercial sea route shipments of pomegranates to Australia, following the initial air shipment to assess mar...
17 Feb, 2025, 03.04 PM IST
India begins commercial export of pomegranates to the USA“The pomegranates were first processed at the pack house of Kay Bee Exports and then irradiated at the Irradiation Facility Centre (IFC) of...
25 Jan, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Team of scientists from ICAR completes genome sequencing for pomegranateThe team involved in this landmark research comprised Dr. N.V. Singh, Dr. P. Roopa Sowjanya, Dr. Shilpa Parashuram, Dr. P.G. Patil and Dr. ...
26 Sep, 2022, 02.17 PM IST
India’s mango, pomegranate exports to US to start from Jan-Feb 2022The commerce and industry ministry also said that exports of pomegranate aril to the US and imports of Alfalfa hay and cherries from Americ...
08 Jan, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
Bengaluru airport processes 1.8 lakh kg pomegranates amid COVID-19The airport also accounted for 99% of the total pomegranate exports from Karnataka, according to the data available from the Agricultural a...
22 Sep, 2020, 07.44 PM IST
After long years of skewed trade, China agrees to import more from IndiaIndia’s exports to China touched $33 billion in 2017-18 while imports therefrom stood at $76.2 billion.
05 Dec, 2018, 04.50 PM IST
Fruit exports rise 18.5% on good summer harvest“This year's pomegranate production could be the highest ever," said president of All-India Pomegranate Growers' Association.
03 May, 2017, 12.05 PM IST
Banana, pomegranate exporters eye Chinese market“Demand for bananas has been growing rapidly in China, but the country meets a large part of it with imports from the Philippines,” a trade...
07 Oct, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
Fresh fruit exports increases at a time when India’s overall exports have declinedAccording to commerce ministry data, export of fresh bananas in the April-February period of 2015-16 rose 19.6% compared with the full year...
24 May, 2016, 05.17 AM IST
Grapes of wrath: Fruit faces uncertainty due to drought in MaharashtraGrapes faces an uncertain future due to drought conditions in Maharashtra; farmers may do early pruning, which may upset the trade cycle
08 Sep, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
Unseasonal rainfall hits Grapes, Onions in MaharashtraThe recent unseasonal rainfall in Maharashtra has caused severe damage to horticulture crops like grapes, pomegranates and onions.
16 Dec, 2014, 07.16 AM IST
Pomegranate prices dive on high supply, low quality"New plantations have increased supplies in the market. Export demand is also less," said president of the growers' association.
27 Aug, 2014, 11.11 AM IST
- This IIM-B graduate is an 'aam' aadmi
Ashutosh Sawant, a PGP second year student, has started a firm which looks at exporting frozen fruits like alphonso mangoes, frozen strawbe...
08 Mar, 2011, 02.46 AM IST
- How farmers are finding fortune in fruits and raking in crores
Fruit farmers are depositing a crore a year into their bank accounts. Retailers, food companies and the government have come together to se...
18 Jan, 2011, 01.22 PM IST
- Farmers reap millions by raising pomegranate
Farmers in some of Maharashtra’s driest districts boast of more than Rs 1 crore in their bank accounts, thanks to the pomegranate.
03 May, 2010, 01.05 AM IST
- Farmers reap millions by raising pomegranate
Farmers in some of Maharashtra’s driest districts boast of more than Rs 1 crore in their bank accounts, thanks to the pomegranate.
03 May, 2010, 01.05 AM IST
- Afghan raisins back to front
Afghanistan is back in news, albeit for a more pleasant reason. The hilly country is slowly regaining its past glory as a large exporter of...
27 Nov, 2006, 12.18 AM IST