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Nashik district exports 760MT of grapes to Europe in 4 days.
Jan 19, 2022

Since the grape export season started last week, the Nashik district has exported around 58 containers, with 760 MT of grapes, to various European countries in the past four days.
 
According to the officials of the state agriculture department, of the 760 MT of grapes that have been exported, 375 MT have been sent to the Netherlands, 33 MT to Poland and 26 MT to Romania among others.
 
Manik Patil, the director of Grape Exporters Association of India (GEAI), said the grape season has been delayed this year by three-four weeks due to the pruning of vineyards done in November.
Usually, pruning of vineyards takes place in the district in October, but given the unseasonal rainfall in December for the past two years, the grape farmers delayed their harvest. During the same period last year, Nashik district had exported around 1.29 lakh tonnes of grapes.
 
Of 1.29 lakh tonnes grapes exported in 2020-21 (Dec-April), 96,000 tonnes were exported to European countries like the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom etc, while the remaining 33,000 tonnes were exported to non-European countries like Russia, Malaysia, UAE etc.
 
The district had exported 1.16 lakh tonnes of grapes during the grape season in 2019-20.
Patil said that they are expecting the grape export to be the same as last year, but the grape exporters are facing some issues this season.
 
He said that there has been a huge rise in freight charges in the last three years. This year, the shipping freight charges have doubled from US$ 4,000 to US $ 8,000 a container.
Moreover, the packaging material prices have also increased by 30%.
 
Earlier, a 5 kg box would cost Rs 46, which has now been increased to Rs 60 per box.
    
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