ii) Supply Chain through Traders/ Middlemen towards Export of Whole Frui
Growers Middlemen Packing house Port (Export) (under the exporter’s name)
This supply chain is provided for the source of pomelo where the quality is acceptable for export markets but the packing house is not located in the growing area such as for chains from Prachinburi, Chainat and Chumporn provinces. Therefore the middlemen provide the service to gather the pomelo and grading with quality control before delivering to the packing. The packing houses take the role for grading and quality control again and provide the service for cleaning, waxing and packing until the product is ready for shipment. Normally the exporter organizes the shipping company and the responsible for the packing house ends at the point when the container is closed at the packing house. The form of product from this chain is only whole fruitof pomelo. Most of such packing houses are still of lower industry standard on just basic infrastructure and thus can provide only the service to prepare whole fruits for export.