PIB | 17 Jul, 2022
Continuing
with the trend from the previous year, the exports of agricultural and
processed food products rose by 14 percent in the first three months of
the current Financial Year 2022-23 (April-June) compared to the
corresponding period of FY 2021-22.
For
the year 2022-23, the government had set an export target of USD 23.56
billion for the agricultural and processed food products basket under
APEDA.
The initiatives taken by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry
have helped the country in achieving 25 percent of the total annual
export target in the first three months of the current fiscal.
According
to the Quick Estimates data released by the Directorate General of
Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the overall export
of products under APEDA ambit (Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority) increased to USD 5987 million in
April-June 2022 from USD 5256 million over the same period of the last
fiscal.
The export target for April-June 2022-23 was USD 5890 million.
The APEDA basket excludes Tea, coffee, spices, cotton and marine
exports.
The
exports of fresh fruits & vegetables registered 8.6 percent growth,
while processed food products like cereals and miscellaneous processed
items reported an impressive growth of 36.4 percent (April-June 2022-23)
compared to corresponding months of the previous year.
In April-June,
2021, fresh fruits and vegetables were exported to the tune of USD 642
million that increased to USD 697 million in the corresponding months of
the current fiscal.
Other cereals’ export increased from USD 237 million
in April-June 2021to USD 306 million in April-June 2022 and the export
of meat, dairy and poultry products increased from USD 1023 million in
April-June 2021 to USD 1120 million in April-June 2022.
Rice
exports witnessed a growth of 13 percent in the first three months of
FY 2022-23, while the export of meat, dairy & poultry products
increased by 9.5 percent and export of other cereals increased by 29
percent.
The export of rice increased from USD 2412 million in April-June
2021 to USD 2723 million in April-June 2022.The dairy products were
exported to the tune of USD 1120 million in the first three months of
the current fiscal from million in the same period last year.
“We
continue to provide technical and financial assistance to various
stakeholders in the agricultural goods value chains for boosting exports
of unique products from the country. Through creating a necessary
eco-system of exports along with collaboration with key stakeholders in
the agri-exports value chains, we are aiming to sustain the growth in
India’s agricultural and processed food exports in the current fiscal as
well,” M Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA, said.
India’s
agricultural products exports had grown by 19.92 per cent during
2021-22 to touch USD 50.21 billion.
The growth rate is remarkable as it
is over and above the growth of 17.66 per cent at USD 41.87 billion
achieved in 2020-21 and has been achieved in spite of unprecedented
logistical challenges in the form of high freight rates and container
shortages, etc.
The
rise in the export of agricultural and processed food products is the
outcome government’s various initiatives taken for the export promotion
of agricultural and processed food products such as organising B2B
exhibitions in different countries, exploring new potential markets
through product-specific and general marketing campaigns by the active
involvement of Indian Embassies.
The government has also taken several
initiatives to promote products having registered geographical
indications (GI) in India by organizing virtual Buyer Seller Meets on
agricultural and food products with the United Arab Emirates and on GI
products, including handicrafts with the USA.
In
order to ensure seamless quality certification of products to be
exported, the government has recognised 220 labs across India to provide
services of testing to a wide range of products and exporters.