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INDUSTRY REPORT

Perishables shipments

BY AIR GROWING

AMIDST CHALLENGES

While seafood has been the fastest growing commodity in the last three years
for Kuehne+Nagel, top destinations for fresh products include India, Kenya and the
Netherlands for Etihad Cargo, reports Jyothi Shankaran.

ith demand increasing for improper documentation, labelling or poor in mango exports in 2023, compared to
perishables across the world, packaging. The PCR has all the up-to-date, the previous year, establishing a three-year
shipping them by air not only best-practice and guidance information tonnage record.
Wsaves precious time for cargo you need to develop loss-minimising Bengaluru Airport processed exports of
that has a short shelf life but also ensures perishable shipping processes," IATA says 684,648 kgs of mangoes, a significant rise
it reaches the final destination as fresh as in its update. from 305,521 kgs exported in the previous
plucked from the ground. Miami International Airport, the year. This season's exports saw an 86
The challenges for airlines and gateway for imports from Latin America, for percent increase in the number of pieces
forwarders involved in moving perishables example, reports 40 percent tonnage of fresh with approximately 1.7 million pieces of
across the globe are countless as are cut flowers among perishables imports by mangoes being exported.
the regulations governing them. The October 2023 (up from 38 percent in 2022) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
International Air Transport Association followed by fish fillets (21 percent) and fish International Airport (CSMIA) reported
(IATA) has issued Perishable Cargo (eight percent). By value, fresh cut flowers exports of 4,700 tonnes of mangoes in
Regulations (PCR) to streamline the increased seven percent to $1.2 billion while 2023, a 318 percent increase compared
shipments of perishables. "Failures along fish fillets declined to $1.3 billion. to 1,123 tonnes in 2022. The key aspect
the cold chain, which can be catastrophic Kempegowda International Airport, contributing to the achievement is the
for small businesses, are at times due to Bengaluru recorded a 124 percent surge recent approval granted by the United

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