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4,710 kilograms of Julie and East Indian mangoes shipped to the UK jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
File photo of East Indian mangoes.
Approximately 4,710 kilogrammes of mangoes was shipped to the United Kingdom (UK) from the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston on Thursday, April 22.
The mangoes were exported by local fresh food producers Native Nature, Dussard Trading, Tropical Foods, Carita Jamaica Limited and Wah Gwaan Foods (Yam Man) Jamaica Limited.
The shipment, comprising 320 boxes of Julie and 172 boxes of East Indian mangoes, is the second to the UK this month, following a seven-year absence from the market.
On April 1, Wah Gwaan Foods shipped 13 boxes of East Indian and 74 boxes of Julie mangoes, totalling 609 kilogrammes, to the UK.
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