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India ships GI certified Fazil mango to Bahrain

TDT | Manama

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The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced shipping a consignment of Geographical Identification (GI) certified Fazil mango variety from the Malda district of West Bengal to Bahrain.

According to a commerce ministry press release, the consignment of Fazil mango was exported by APEDA registered DM enterprises, Kolkata and imported by Al Jazira Group, Bahrain.

The nine varieties exported includes GI certified Khirsapati (Malda, West Bengal), Lakkhanbhog (Malda, West Bengal), Fazli (Malda, West Bengal), Dusshheri (Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh) and Amrapali and Chausa (Malda, West Bengal) and Langda (Nadiya, West Bengal).

In June this year, a week-long Indian mango promotion programme was organised in Bahrain where 16 varieties of the fruit including three GI certified Khirsapati and Lakshmanbhog (West Bengal), Zardalu (Bihar) were displayed.