Geo Business

Mangos output, export to fall short of targets

KARACHI: Pakistan’s mangos exports target this year appears difficult to be achieved, as its production is expected to be around 1.3 million tons as against the target of 1.7 million tons. Mango is the second largest fruit exported from Pakistan. Its current year production was estimated at 1.7 million tons out of which 0.175 million tons was to be exported, but due to unfavorable weather both in Punjab and Sindh about 35 percent of the budding mangos were damaged. The fruit exporters told that the current year production of mangos might fall short of the target and trail behind at 1.3 million tons.