date:May 31, 2016
During the three-month mango season Dubai-based traders import 2.5 million crates through more than 130 ship trips. A crate of Pakistani mangoes weighing eight-10kg comes for Dh25-30 in the wholesale market.
UAE-based traders imported Pakistani mangoes worth 6 million with an approximate share of 32 per cent in the total Pakistani mango exports in 2014.
In 2015, export of Pakistani mangoes to the UAE and other Gulf countries dropped significantly when the Pakistan government banned the