Australia opens doors to Kesar mango exporters

Australian authority revises protocol to allow Indian irradiated mango, okays two treatment units

This season, exporters from Gujarat and Maharashtra, two major mango growing states, are eyeing the market in Australia.

So far, a few consignments if mango were being exported to Australia from southern states but the volume was low. In the past fortnight, however, three consignments of five tonnes have been shipped there from Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Australia had earlier not allowed mangoes from these two states, as they did not have standard radiation systems, a requirement for fruit export. However, a delegation visited a radiation plant in Maharashtra last year and the Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions (Bicon) authority recently revised its protocol