The export of meat during the current financial year of April-October period stood at 7.30 lakh tonnes (LT) valued at $2,339.60 million, as per data provided by the Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The country had exported close to 15 LT of meat during the last financial year, valued at $4,919.62 million.
The government is currently not contemplating any such move to ban the export of meat. However, the export of beef (meat and edible offal of cows, oxen and calf) is prohibited under the Foreign Trade Policy.
The government has not fixed any target for export of meat of other animals in the current financial year. Under the Agriculture Export Promotion Plan Scheme of APEDA, financial assistance is provided only for export of meat and meat products (and not beef exports).