Approximately 4,710 kilograms of mangoes were shipped to the United Kingdom from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston yesterday (Thurs).
The mangoes were exported by local fresh food producers Native Nature, Dussard Trading, Tropical Foods, Carita Jamaica Limited and Wah Gwaan Foods Jamaica Limited.
The shipment, is the second to the UK this month, following a seven-year absence from the market.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, who was at the airport on Thursday to witness the loading of the mangoes, commended the five local exporters.
