STAFF REPORT KARACHI: Pakistan has become the fourth largest mango producing country in the world as it exports the best quality mangoes to different countries earning a big amount of foreign exchange.
“Pakistan has the capacity to increase mango export up to 500,000 tons per annum from about 125,000 tons presently,” said Chief Executive of Rishad Mateen & Company and Director Agri Business Support Fund, Ministry of Agriculture Food and Livestock, Mateen Siddiqui told the media here last week.
According to him, peace and stability are the pre-requisite to enhancing export of farm products as well as foreign investment in country.
He said that Pakistan is the fourth largest mangoes producing country after China, India and Brazil.
He suggested scores of incentives to exporters including the establishment of Common Export Facility Center in major mango producing cities including Mirpurkhas, Rahimyar Khan, Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Multan, Karachi and Lahore.
http://www.technologytimes.pk/mag/2010/dec10/issue04/pak_has_potential_to.php
December 27, 2010
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