LAHORE, Aug 21: Exporters are all set to send three containers of mangoes of late Chaunsa variety to China next month.

According to Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board (PHDEB) officials here on Saturday, two containers would be sent by Korakaram Highway and one by sea.

"Northern Areas Transport Company (NATCO) and National Logistics Cell (NLC) will be involved in sending mangoes from Karachi to Rawalpindi before airlifting the commodity to Chinese town of Urumqui," PHDEB chief executive Shamoon Sadiq told APP.

He said that the unit price to the tune of 15 yuans per kg could be quite agreeable for mango exporters while sending the commodity by sea or road.

He said that Pakistan's Sindhri and Dusehri varieties had the ability to compete with Indian Alfonso in the Chinese market.

A team of Chinese quarantine experts would soon visit Pakistan to approve the import of kinnoo.