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About Citrus

We make exporting perishables as simple as booking a flight

India grows the world's food, but only a small share of it reaches global markets. Citrus exists to change that: one cold-chain partner for reefer containers, customs, transport and live tracking, from pack-house to destination port.

Reefer containers being loaded at an Indian port
India's firstreefer container booking app
<2%Spoilage during shipment
99%On-time container gate-in
50+Port pairs we ship on
75+Shipping lines onboarded

Why we started

Exporting perishables was slow, costly and risky

We saw the same three problems at every pack-house we visited. So we built the fix.

2 to 3 days

to confirm one reefer booking, through calls and middlemen

Book a reefer container in minutes, with live rates

15 to 20%

of perishable cargo lost to spoilage on the way

Less than 2% spoilage during shipment

SME exporters

left out: services are built for big exporters

Big-exporter service for SME exporters in tier 2 and 3 cities

Our team

Cold-chain operators and technology builders

Deep logistics experience, with the tech to make it simple for exporters.

Biplob Barik

Biplob Barik

CEO & Co-Founder

Previously: Allcargo Logistics

  • 10 years in cold-chain operations and exporter relationships
  • Built cross-border consolidation at Allcargo
Ricky Goyal

Ricky Goyal

COO & Co-Founder

Previously: Oracle Financial Services

  • Operations and process engineering
  • Finance and operations at Oracle FS and H&R Block
  • Ran a freight and logistics business before Citrus
Sunil Gauswami

Sunil Gauswami

CTO, Founding Team

Previously: Multiple early-stage startups

  • Built the Citrus booking platform
  • Leads the Citrus tech suite: App, TradeLens, Shipment Live and Citrus Live

People behind Citrus

A 25+ member team in Mumbai and Bengaluru

Operators, customs experts and engineers who ship perishables every week, and show up where exporters are.

The Citrus team at the office
Team Citrus, celebrating 8 years
Citrus presenting the reefer booking app at the Global Exim Summit
Showing exporters the Citrus App at the Global Exim Summit
Biplob Barik speaking at Fresh India Show 2024
Fresh India Show 2024, Sahyadri Farms, Nashik

Why exporters trust us

Built on customs and cold-chain experience

19 yrsCustoms (CHA) licence
50+ yrsCombined cold-chain experience
5Port hubs with customs teams
20+Cold stores in our network
40K+Citrus App downloads
25+Team members in Mumbai and Bengaluru

Trades we Master

Where we ship every week

Our cold-store network, transport partners and port teams are built around the corridors Indian growers export on every week.

NashikDubai

All fruits and vegetables

VashiDubai

All fruits and vegetables

NashikEurope

Grapes

NashikRussia

Grapes

SolapurJeddah

Banana

SolapurIran

Banana

TuticorinColombo

Onion

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Export marketsGulf · UAE · Saudi Arabia · Europe · Russia · Iran & Iraq · Sri Lanka · Far East
Port teamsNhava Sheva · Mundra · Tuticorin
Cold-store networkNashik · Pune · Mumbai

Our partners

APEDATrade body
MCDC (Maharashtra Sahakar Vikas Mahamandal)Partner
Caret CapitalInvestor
Indigram LabsInvestor

Our offices

Close to growers and ports

Offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, virtual offices in Nashik and Pune, and port teams at Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Tuticorin.

OfficeMumbai

Kanakia Boomerang, B1-401, Chandivali Farm Rd, Yadav Nagar, Chandivali, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400072

OfficeBengaluru

91springboard, 5th Floor Trifecta Building, ITPL Main Rd, Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560048

Virtual officeNashik

Serving grape, onion and vegetable exporters across Nashik district

Virtual officePune

Serving exporters across Pune and western Maharashtra

Ship your next reefer container with Citrus

Rates, schedules, booking and tracking in one app, on Android and iOS.