India’s agriculture, processed food exports rise 13% to $19.69 billion in April-December this fiscal

10 Feb 2023 Evaluate

The commerce ministry has said that India’s agriculture and processed food exports rose by 13 per cent to $19.69 billion during April-December this fiscal. It noted that for 2022-23, an export target of $23.6 billion has been fixed by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) that works under the ministry.

Besides, basmati rice exports during April-December increased by 40.26 per cent to $3337 million from $2379 million (April-December 2021). Non-Basmati rice registered a growth of 4 percent in nine months of current fiscal. Non-basmati rice export increased to $4663 million in nine months of the current fiscal from $4512 million in the corresponding months of the previous year. However, the outbound shipments of meat, dairy and poultry products dipped by 0.68 per cent to $3040 million during the nine-month period of this fiscal.

It further said wheat export has registered an increase of 4 percent in nine months of the current fiscal as its export rose to $1508 million in April-December 2022 from $1452 million in April-December 2021. In April-December, 2021, fresh fruits were exported to the tune of $1078 million that increased to $1121 million in the corresponding months of the current fiscal. The export of pulses has witnessed an increase of 80.38 percent in nine months of the current fiscal in compare to the same months of the last fiscal as the export of lentils increased from $242 million (April-December 2021-22) to $436 million (April-December 2022-23).

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