India’s exports of fresh fruit and vegetables to Qatar have jumped by 15 per cent in the past two weeks because of an increase in demand, owing to disruptions in supply to the country from Saudi Arabia and other neighbouring nations.
The supply to Qatar has received a boost since early this month after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, and Yemen severed diplomatic ties with Qatar and blocked access to Doha, Qatar’s capital, by land, sea, and air.
Maldives and Libya later joined the countries that have isolated Qatar. Consequently, importers in Qatar have been buying