PIB | 13 Sep, 2022
According
to the provisional data released by the Directorate General of
Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the overall export
of agricultural and processed food products increased to USD 9598
million in April-July 2022 from USD 7397 million over the same period of
the last fiscal.
The exports of agricultural and processed food
products rose by 30 percent in the first four months of the current
Financial Year 2022-23 (April-July) in comparison to the corresponding
period of FY 2021-22.
For
the year 2022-23, an export target of USD 23.56 billion has been fixed
for the agricultural and processed food products basket and an export of
USD 9.59 billion has already been achieved in the first four months of
the current fiscal.
The
initiatives taken by the Government have helped in achieving 40 percent
of the total export target for the year 2022-23 in the first four
months of the current fiscal.
As
per the DGCI&S provisional data, fresh fruits & vegetables
registered four percent growth, while processed fruits and vegetables
recorded a significant growth of 51 percent (April-July, 2022) in
comparison to corresponding months of the previous year.
In April-July,
2021, fresh fruits and vegetables were exported to the tune of USD 498
million that increased to USD 517 million in the corresponding months of
the current fiscal. Exports of processed F&V jumped to USD 665
million in four months of the current fiscal from USD 441million in the
corresponding months of the previous year.
Also, processed food products like cereals and miscellaneous processed items reported a growth of 37.75 per cent and 35.26 percent respectively in comparison to the first four months of the previous year.
Basmati
Rice exports witnessed a growth of 29.13 percent in the first four
months of FY 2022-23 as its export increased from USD 1214 million
(April-July 2021) to USD 1567 million (April-July 2022), while the
export of non-Basmati rice registered a growth of 9.24percent in first
four months of current fiscal. Non-basmati rice export increased to USD
2086 million in the first four months of the current fiscal from USD
1910 million in the corresponding months of the previous year.
The
export of meat, dairy & poultry products increased by 11.69 percent
and the export of other cereals recorded a growth of 22.26 percent in
four months of the current fiscal.
The dairy products alone recorded a
growth of 61.91 percent as its export rose to USD 247 million in the
first four months of the current fiscal from USD 153 million in
corresponding months of the previous year.
Other
cereals’ export increased from USD334 million in April-July 2021to USD
408 million in April-July 2022 and the export of livestock products
increased from USD 1279 million in April-July 2021 to USD 1428 million
in April-July 2022.
As
per the DGCI&S data, the country’s agricultural products exports
had grown by 19.92 per cent during 2021-22 to touch USD 50.21 billion.
The growth rate is significant 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.
In
2021-22, agricultural and processed food products were exported to the
tune of USD 25.6 billion, which was around 51 per cent of India's total
agricultural goods exports of more than USD 50 billion.
The
rise in the export of agricultural and processed food products is the
outcome of 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.
Several
initiatives have also been taken 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
a bid to give a boost to the export of Indian wine, the APEDA
facilitated participation of 10 wine exporters in the London Wine Fair
held between June 7- 9, 2022. A conference was organized recently on the
boosting export potential of natural, organic and GI-agro Products from
the north-eastern states in Guwahati, Assam.
In
collaboration with the Union Territory of Ladakh, APEDA under Ministry
of Commerce and Industry recently organized an International Buyer
Seller Meet, which aimed at boosting exports of Apricots and other
agri-products from Ladakh.
Eighteen entrepreneurs from UTs of Ladakh and
Jammu and Kashmir displayed a range of Apricots and other Agri
Products. Twenty buyers from India, USA, Bangladesh, Oman, Dubai
participated in this event.
To
explore international markets for Indian mangoes, an eight-day-long
Mango Festival was organised in the Kingdom of Bahrain on June 13. At
the show, 34 varieties of mangoes from eastern states, including West
Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha, were displayed at Bahrain's Al
Jazira group supermarket.
In
order to ensure seamless quality certification of products to be
exported, Government through APEDA has recognised 220 labs across India
to provide services of testing to a wide range of products and
exporters.