The All-Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Importers-Exporters and Merchants Association (PFVA) has set a mango shipment target of 175,000MT this year, website Thenews.com.pk reported.

PFVA chairman Waheed Ahmed said the target volume would likely earn US$60 million for the industry, in a year with production affected by poor weather conditions in the Sindh province.

"The production of mangoes shall fall by about 25 percent to 150,000 tons in Sindh," he was quoted as saying.

"The production of mango in Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Mityari, Mirpurkhas and other parts of the province was badly affected, which has also caused delayed the season by two weeks."

The story reported forecast production of 1.55 million MT of mangoes this year.

Ahmed said the sector would start exporting mangoes to Japan this year but in limited volumes.

"In coordination with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, PFVA would be promoting the processed fruit in the valued Japanese market," he was quoted as saying.

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