High citrus demand in Russia has allowed Pakistan to earn more than $100 million on tangerine export for the season 2010/2011.
Citrus import to Russia has grown 29% in the first months of the year 2011 and has made almost 1.5 million tons.
Ahmad Jawad, the Harvest Tradings executive director, said that “Russia is able to import as many citrus as Pakistan is able to export”, and has appealed to building of confidential relationship with the Russian importers.
Pakistan cultivates 185 thousand hectares of citrus plantations. Its annual production volume is 2.1 million tons, that makes this country the 13-th largest citrus exporter in the world.
Source: www.lol.org.ua