Gujarat : Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation(GAIC) exported first consignment of banana to Egypt from Gujarat from its newly commissioned banana pack house facility at Jhgadia in southern Gujarat district of Bharuch. The consignment contained 25 tonnes of banana. Gujarat already exports banana to middle east countries, but Egypt has opened a new African market according to GAIC Managing Director D Thara.

The banana pack house, set up at an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore, was commissioned by the state-run GAIC last month. The pack house has a pre-cooling and ripening chamber, besides de-latexing, grading, sorting, quality checking, weighing, labeling, packing in polybags, de-vacuuming, cold room storage and dispatch through reefer containers facilities.
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