Fresh Fruits & Vegetables

The Gulf countries are the main importers of Indiani produce, they import large quantities of fruits and vegetables from different parts of the world, Saudi Arabia is the largest market for these products in the region while Dubai is the most important market forIndian fruits and vegetables; among the fruit items apple, enjoy the most stable market. Major sources of supply are USA, Chile and Brazil.

Indian apples lack all these characteristics. Plums and apricot have comparatively shorter shelf life. Their supplies have therefore to be arranged in smaller quantities but regular and more frequent intervals, in addition to meeting quality, prices and packaging standards in these respects neighbouring like Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey are already linked with most of the Gulf States by Excellent Asphalt Road, enjoy a definite advantage over the other countries. Among the selected vegetables, potatoes and lady fingers enjoy the most steady demand in the Gulf States. Indian Exports Limited quantities of potatoes, lady fingers, onions. Among vegetables mushrooms are exported in good quantities.

The Far East: Transport connections to Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are reasonable for both sea and air and export has started particularly for the kinnoos and mangoes to these countries.

Western Europe: Many countries in Europe are substantial markets for out of season and exotic imports, the leading ones being East Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands. The possibilities of exporting tropical products e.g. mangoes which are imported into Europe on all-year-round basis and other products such as melons for which nice opportunities can be found out in the out of season period