Packhouse at Pariyaram to boost export of fruits, vegetables
The Hindu
Project facilitating export via marine route to be launched soon
The ₹2.5-crore packhouse being set up under the supervision of the Vegetables and Fruits Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) at Pariyaram, near Chalakudy in Thrissur district, is expected to give a fillip to export of fruits and vegetables from Kerala via the marine route. The facility is expected to be inaugurated in about three weeks, sources in VFPCK said. Export of fruits and vegetables has so far been using the air route, which has considerably restricted its volume, sources said. However, experimental shipping of fruits, mostly nendran bananas and pineapple, using containers has proved to be a success and more such consignments are expected to follow. The Pariyaram project is being implemented with the support of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, VFPCK sources said. They said that a consignment of seven tonnes of nendran variety of banana was shipped to the United Kingdom in April so that the package reached consumers by the Vishu festival in the middle of April.More Related News
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