iii) Supply Chain through Farmer Group towards Export of Whole Fruit
Growers Packing house Port (Export) Farmer group/Cooperative (under the exporter name)
This value chain is mainly observed in areas where the agricultural production site is close to a packing house and the grower can sell their pomelo directly to the packing house. The packing house for whole fruit does not require sophisticated technology and sometime can operate directly in the production area such as in Wieng Kaen, Chiang Rai.
The majority of export produce is channeled through these two above mentioned value chains. The packing house is normally busy in the pomelo season (August to September and March to April). Some packing houses deliver fresh cut for the domestic market as well (retails and supermarket) when out of season and less work for export packing occurs.