{"id":19771,"date":"2024-01-18T09:42:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19771"},"modified":"2024-01-18T09:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:42:28","slug":"the-orange-export-season-returns-to-tsirang-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/01\/18\/the-orange-export-season-returns-to-tsirang-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"The orange export season returns to Tsirang, Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each winter from December to February, orange merchants from a Himalayan village in Paro district, Bhutan<\/u><\/a>, relocate to Tsirang to export the commodity. This usually coincides with a time when oranges in Bhutan are simultaneously maturing in different districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This season, some 40 exporters from Paro, the seat of Bhutan\u2019s international airport, have come to Tsirang, the commercial trucking center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gathering a hardworking team of packers and sorters, the group sorts grades A and B oranges and puts them into boxes. Each box currently generates Bhutanese Ngultrum 1,100 ($13.23) for grade A, while grade B garners Nu 900<\/u><\/a> ($10.83).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The export destination is usually Bangladesh, with the exporters limited to a single truckload each 48 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsirang\u2019s orange exporters do not begrudge their truckload limitation since they have a lengthy export window, starting mid-November through February. The orange crop in low elevation areas ripens first and goes into export immediately. By the time early winter supplies are dwindling, the high-altitude orange fruits will have ripened in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2023 season, merchants from this district reported to have sent a total of 73 truckloads to Bangladesh. This record seems ready for a repeat in the 2024 season for so far 13 trips have already elapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impressive Prices of Oranges in Bhutan<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Even before the 2023-24 harvest, farmers in Tsirang were forward-selling their oranges at handsome prices due to high demand. The prices have still held despite the bumper harvest, as much of the citrus harvest is bound for export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A farmer who generated Nu 30,000<\/u><\/a> ($360.9) in the 2022-23 season told The Bhutan Live press that he expects to double the earnings. His confidence pegs on the large size of the fruits this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2024, orange farmers in the Central Bhutan district of Zhemgang also recorded a price rise of 71.4%. While a box of oranges in this forested valley cost Nu 700 ($8.42) in 2023, now it fetches Nu 1200 ($14.44).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers  in Zhemgang and Tsirang can now generate up to Nu 190,000 ($2,285.7) per pickup truckload of oranges. This impressive farm gate cost will go a long way for Zhemgang, which produces 3000 tonnes<\/u><\/a> of oranges, annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhutan is a growing exporter of oranges with high potential. In 2019, the country exported 10,600 metric tonnes to Bangladesh, a value that grew by 30% in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oranges in Bhutan<\/u><\/a> retail relatively cheaply from 90 Nu ($1.08)\/kg, or an average of Nu 176.22 ($2.12) per kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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