INI Farms expands export basket to include grapes, mangoes

INI Farms Pvt Ltd — a significant exporter of banana and pomegranates — has expanded its products portfolio with seasonal fruits like grapes, mangoes and oranges, and is eyeing newer marketplaces in China and Australia.

INI Farms, which has focused a 5-fold earnings progress by 2025-2026 fiscl at ₹1,000 crore, exports to Europe, West Asia and South-East Asia below the Kimaye brand and expects to close the present-day fiscal with earnings of close to ₹200 crore.

“We have designed a pipeline from the farms to the retailers around the world. We imagine that we can push a lot more solutions now,” claimed Pankaj Khandelwal, Chairman and Running Director. The business commenced exports of grapes this calendar year and is also on mangoes in the present-day season.

“We exported 4 different versions of grapes from India this calendar year, which we will increase substantially going forward,” Khandelwal claimed. INI Farms will be sourcing grapes from farmers in the critical generating locations of Nashik and Sangli in Maharashtra.

Newer geographies

In addition to the present marketplaces, INI Farms will be focussing on China and Australia, the two new marketplaces that have opened up for Indian grapes. “As considerably as China is involved, we have a logistics gain compared to other grape producers these types of as South Africa and Chile. It is challenging to evaluate the sector correct now due to the fact it has just opened up. From all round sector dimension, it really should be very significant,” he claimed.

INI Farms has been doing work with farmers and farmer producer organisations making a provide chain for these new seasonal fruits like mangoes, grapes and oranges. “For mangoes, we are focusing primarily on the exportable versions these types of as Alphonso, Kesar, Banganapalli and Safeda,” he claimed. The business will be introducing oranges in the domestic sector this calendar year on a demo basis.

INI Farms, which earns about eighty five for every cent of its revenues from the export sector, bore the brunt of Covid lockdown on its functions. Though most of the matters are again to standard at the operational stage, the business nevertheless faces difficulties on the disruption in logistics. “There is nevertheless no clarity and it may perhaps just take 3 to six months to take care of, but increase in logistic expenses is hurting us,” he claimed.