New Delhi: India will now export the famous Kashmiri Apples to the Middle East market. The development comes after Prime MInister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE, where Yusuffali M A, LuLu Group chairman and prominent NRI businessman, shared his willingness to procure Kashmiri agricultural produce and set up a logistics hub in Srinagar for uninterrupted supply.
The LuLu Group, which runs more than 180 hypermarkets and shopping malls across the Middle East, shipped 10 containers (200 tonnes) of three apple varieties on Saturday, a spokesperson of the company said.
“This shipment of 200 tonnes is actually just the first lot, we expect this to increase in the coming days. Soon, we will be having a ‘Kashmir Promotion Week’ in our Lulu hypermarkets to popularize the high-quality agriculture produce of the state, which I am sure will further boost the export and trade sector in Kashmir,” Yusuffali said.
The LuLu Group has also placed orders for saffron and would soon be sourcing rice, walnuts, pulses and spices from Kashmir, the spokesperson said.
The first shipment is expected to reach UAE by the end of the month and would be available in LuLu hypermarkets by the first week of November 2019.
