Agartala, Aug 12: Tripura exported 9,909 tonnes of the most delicious pineapples to Dubai, Qatar, and Bangladesh facilitating Rs 14 crore trade of the state’s farmers during the past two years, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said here on Thursday.
The Agriculture Minister said that besides pineapples, Tripura also exported various other fruits and horticultural products to the UK, Germany, and many other countries. Singha Roy said that to popularise the marketing of the state’s pineapples, the delicious fruit was recently commercially branded with a special logo. Tripura annually produces 1.28 lakh tonnes of two major varieties Kew and Queen of pineapples in 8,800 hectares of mountainous orchards across the state and for many years, exporting the pineapples and lemons too many countries and many Indian states as well.
