New Delhi, April 19 -- April 19 : The Centre on Saturday informed that a landmark commercial sea shipment of the "prized Indian Bhagwa variety of pomegranate" has successfully arrived in the US, marking a key milestone for the country's fresh fruits exports.

The inaugural sea shipment of 4,620 boxes of Indian pomegranates, weighing approximately 14 tonnes, reached New York in the second week of March - well within five weeks of the point of departure from Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra.

The shipment was met with exceptional enthusiasm in the US state. The arrival quality was reported as "excellent" and customers were captivated by the remarkable visual appeal and the superior eating quality of the "Indian Bhagwa variety of pomegranates". ...