Citrus export system in Pakistan
2006
Mahmood, M.A. (PARC Technology Transfer Inst., AARI, Faisalabad (Pakistan)) | Sheikh, A.D. (PARC Technology Transfer Inst., AARI, Faisalabad (Pakistan))
Pakistan is one of the largest citrus producing countries of the world. Among the citrus varieties, Kinnow contributes a lion share (95%) to citrus export. So Kinnow variety was taken into consideration for the present study. A survey of citrus processing industry was undertaken in Sargodha district in March 2005. The results indicated that harvested Kinnow is generally exported through different channels. First, exporters purchase Kinnow from the beoparies (middleman), process and then they export it. Secondly, exporters directly purchase the commodity from the farmers, process and then it is exported. Thirdly, exporters have their own orchards, process the produce and then they export to different countries. The produce is brought to Kinnow processing factories generally in 20 and 40 kg plastic buckets on Mazda vans (small trucks). After unloading, the produce is washed, dried, waxed, again dried, graded, packed and labeled in the processing plant. After packing (cardboard and wooden boxes), fruit is transported to Karachi Port either in open-top trucks or refrigerated containers. Then it is shipped to different countries. Majority of the exporters (66.7%) use refrigerated containers. However, open-top trucks are also used for transporting the fruit to Karachi Port. The problems associated with Kinnow export include low produce quality, lack of storage facilities, non- availability of quality packing, poor transportation facilities, high freight charges, weak role of export promoting agencies and inconsistent government policies.
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