Pune: Mango season, which is called the king of fruits, is about to come. Earlier the prices of mangoes were also expensive. The first basket of mangoes arrived in Pune, Maharashtra before the mango season. After this, such an auction has been held here in which the first box of mangoes has been sold for 31 thousand rupees.
Let us tell you that the Hapus mangoes of Devgad Ratnagiri are considered quite famous all over the world. In such a situation, the first crop of mango reached the APMC market in Pune on Friday. For this box of mangoes, there was a competition among the buyers to get it. Meanwhile, the seller auctioned this first box of mangoes.
Pune | A mango crate sold for Rs 31,000 in an auction, “most expensive buy in 50 years,” claimed trader Yuvraj Kachi. He added, “Business was shut for 2 years in COVID. Now things are normalizing, so we want to resume at the earliest, which is why we bought mangoes at this rate.” pic.twitter.com/FaD4bMTxks
— ANI (@ANI) February 11, 2022
It is being told that at the beginning of the auction, the price of the box was set at Rs 5000, but in the end a basket of mangoes was sold for Rs 31,000 in the end.
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According to ANI, trader Yuvraj Katchi said, these are the early mangoes of the season. Every year these early mangoes are auctioned as a tradition as it decides the fate of the business for the next two months.” It is being told that this time the auction was the most expensive in 50 years.