(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
In a boost to agro exports of northeast India to the Middle
East, around two tonnes of a commercial consignment comprising
tender jackfruits and green chillies were exported to Dubai from
Assam's Dhubri District on Friday, Trend reports citing NDTV.
It is for the first time in Assam that jackfruits and green
chillies were exported to Dubai, said Dhubri District Deputy
Commissioner Anbamuthan MP after flagging off the consignment.
The consignment consists of 1.5 tonnes tender jackfruit and over
half a ton of green chillies, which will be distributed and traded
through the Lulu Group International through its chain of more than
225 supermarkets and hyper markets across the Gulf countries.
The export-related process was coordinated by the Agricultural
and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The Deputy Commissioner said that it is a special day for the
agro-economic sector of Dhubri district as well as for Assam.
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