Bhagwa Pomegranate

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3 Metric Ton (MOQ)

Business Type: Exporter, Supplier, Trader
Fruit Size: 200-400g
Packaging Type: Corrugated Box (3-4kg)
Color: Deep Saffron Red

About Bhagwa Pomegranate

Bhagwa is the pomegranate variety international buyers name explicitly, and the reason is practical rather than cosmetic. Alongside deep saffron-red skin, soft seeds and dark red arils, it carries a thicker rind than older Indian varieties such as Ganesh, and that rind is what allows fruit to survive a sea leg in sound condition. It displaced its predecessors in the export trade rather than merely competing with them.

Fruit is picked at export maturity and graded by count size, commonly from around 200 g upward. Gulf programmes frequently take fruit in the 250–300 g range, while European buyers often specify 300 g and above. Packing is 3–4 kg corrugated boxes with fruit separated to prevent bruising in transit.

Shipped in reefer containers at 5–7°C, Bhagwa holds up to around two months, which makes sea freight viable to the Gulf, Europe and Asia. Availability follows the bahar flowering cycles rather than a single annual harvest, so tell us your delivery window and we will confirm against the cycle then in production.

Count size is the specification that most affects both price and how the fruit sells at the far end, so it is worth deciding deliberately rather than accepting a default. Gulf programmes commonly work in the 250 to 300 g range. European buyers frequently specify 300 g and above, where the fruit presents better at retail and carries a premium. Larger sizes are a smaller share of any harvest, which is why they cost more and why indicating your requirement early matters.

Rejections at destination cluster around a short list. Cracking disqualifies fruit outright and is driven by irrigation irregularity late in the growing cycle rather than by handling. Decay commonly enters through a damaged crown, which is why the calyx is inspected as closely as the skin. Sun-scald and scarring push fruit below export grade on appearance alone. Specifying grade and tolerance in writing, appointing inspection at loading, and agreeing how arrival condition is judged will address nearly all of it.