S Africa clears import of mangoes from India: APEDA official
ABP NewsJohannesburg, Jun 17 : South Africa has granted permission to import different varieties of mangoes from India, an official of India's farm export body said here. Kumar said he believed it would be a viable proposition to import Indian mangoes, especially since mangoes would then be available all year round to South Africans, with the growing seasons being the opposite in the hemispheres where India and South Africa are located. Pranav Khattar, one of South Africa’s leading distributors of Indian food products, said he had been asking APEDA to get the required import permission for mangoes every year since he started importing Indian goods in 2012. Kumar said that if the South African government seeks market access for South African mangoes to India, it would be given the due attention.