About 18,000 tons of lodisia products will be exported by Madagascar in this 2023 harvest year. “This weight has increased compared to last year”, according to information received from the Eastern Region. Last Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the lodisia harvest season began in the Eastern Region and the Analanjirofo Region. These two Regions are responsible for the export of cashews abroad, especially to Europe, before Christmas 2023.
3 ships will now carry many of these lodisi products for export if it is still 2 ships per year. The public company SMMC (“Conventional Goods Handling Company”(“exporter”) and arrived at the port of Toamasina. These products are not in a container but in what is called: « palette ».
This state-owned company SMMC is in charge of the details of the export of the products that are constantly trying to satisfy their customers and develop according to the climate of the equipment they have. This can be seen in the progress of their work every year. Especially in this work of exporting lodisia. If you remember, this company is responsible for the introduction of the internal logic « palette » in a ship for export. “There is a challenge faced by the SMMC company, in the 2023 export plan, because even if 3 ships will bring the products from Madagascar to Europe, they will complete it in 7 days. In the year 2022, it took 7 days for them to fill 2 ships with lodisi products. About 11 tons of lodisi products were exported in 2022, while this year it is 13,000 tons and will be sent to 3 boats ». These are the explanations given by Mr. Edisson and Mr. Charles, both managers at SMMC.
“There are 28 lodisia exporting companies operating in Toamasina this year, while 1,170 permits (“agrement”) were issued by the Eastern Region for the collectors”, said the information received from the Eastern Regional Governor. It is said that: “The overall results are good compared to last year”. There was the visit to these companies, which was led by the Director of Planning and Development, Mr. Laurent Jean Maurice, and the Regional Director of Industry and Trade and Eastern Consumption on the night of November 21, 2023. the company Madapro Import-Export and the company Caress Fruit Tanandava language. Business is no less important Sodiat yes Analamalotra. Seen here and that: “The company really follows the standards required of them because the workers seen here all have their own uniforms.”. The opening of the harvest season earlier this year is an advantage for operators, which speeds up the process of filling the ships.
Andry Rakotonirainy
