India: Gujarat begins banana exports; ships 1,430 tonnes in April-June

June 26, 2009 - The Hindu

Gujarat, one the major banana growing states, has shipped 1,430 tonnes of the fruit to the Middle East in the first three months of this fiscal, becoming only the second state to export banana after Kerala."Till now 143 containers have been exported. Each container has about 10 tonnes of G9 banana variety," a Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation official told PTI ... reade more...