MALAYSIA has agreed to buy value-added frozen avocado pulp as well as locally produced avocado fruits, so export is about to happen, creating good potential for growers, said a representative of the Myanmar Avocado Producer and Exporter Association.

Myanmar has exported samples of frozen avocado pulp to Malaysia, and 90 per cent of the export process has been completed. Both parties are yet to negotiate the price.

Avocado pulp exports will help growers create opportunities as those avocados that meet export criteria can be exported, and those rejected for inferior condition can be made into frozen pulp. It will generate foreign income and revenue for the State, he elaborated.

“There is a plan to export frozen avocado pulp to Malaysia this year, using the collective work of PyinOoLwin and Mandalay avocado businesspeople. Malaysia has agreed to buy them. Price negotiation is underway. We will deliver them as frozen avocado pulp with value addition,” he added.

Additionally, PyinOoLwin’s Avocado Farming and Cooperative Society Limited has been preparing to build infrastructure for frozen avocado pulp production to explore more foreign markets.

Avocado is primarily grown in northern and southern Shan State and PyinOoLwin, Mandalay Region. It is a perennial crop that can be harvested after three years of cultivation. The harvest season commences in October. — Maung Aye Chan/KK