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APEDA facilitated India's first-ever air shipment of Karnataka's Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives, flagged off on 30 July 2026
The 1-tonne consignment was sourced from a Kolar-district Farmer Producer Company and exported by a woman entrepreneur, earning farmers over 50% higher returns than conventional market channels
APEDA, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, continues to work with state governments, exporters and FPOs/FPCs to expand India's horticultural export basket
Statutory body promoting export of scheduled agricultural and processed food products
A GI tag certifies that a product originates from a specific geographic region and possesses qualities or a reputation attributable to that origin, protecting it against imitation. India has GI tags on around 13 mango varieties, including Alphonso (Maharashtra), Banganapalle (Andhra Pradesh, tagged 2017), Malihabadi Dashehari (Uttar Pradesh, tagged 2010) and Gir Kesar (Gujarat, tagged 2011).
Simple Analogy: Like a certified 'made-in' label — such as Champagne from France — that only producers from a defined region can legally use.
Bilateral trade rose 13.5% to USD 771.76 million in 2025-26 (exports USD 458.71 million); India is Maldives' second-largest trading partner and the two countries concluded the first round of FTA negotiations in July 2026
GS Paper 3 > Agriculture > Agricultural Marketing and Exports
Occasional — APEDA export milestones appear periodically as Prelims bytes
A company formed and owned by farmers to aggregate produce and access larger, often export, markets collectively