APEDA facilitates first air shipment of Karnataka mangoes to Maldives

One metric tonne of Neelam and Totapuri mangoes from Karnataka’s KGF-Kolar belt was air-shipped to the Maldives, with Prakruthimaya FPC farmers reportedly earning over 50% higher returns through direct export aggregation.

— Filed Fri, 31 Jul, 2026, 13:20 IST · Source BL · Consumer & Economy · Updated

APEDA facilitated the first air export of one tonne of Karnataka’s Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives. Farmers linked to Prakruthimaya FPC earned over 50% higher returns through direct export procurement and aggregation.

Why this matters

The Maldives shipment extends APEDA’s export push after India’s Q1 agri exports rose 14% and alongside Andhra’s Banganapalli mango sea route to Singapore, which cut freight costs 10x.

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