Agri Exports Register an Increase of 17.37%
in 2020-21
India’s agriculture exports during 2020-21 have
registered an increase of 17.37% as compared to exports during 2019-20.
Commodity-wise details of India’s agriculture exports,
during 2019-20 and 2020-21, are at Annexure-I.
i.
of exports of agricultural products is an ongoing process. To promote
agricultural exports, the Government has introduced a comprehensive Agriculture
Export Policy (AEP) to harness export potential of Indian agriculture and raise
farmers’ income. Department of Commerce has taken several steps to implement AEP
at State/ District level. State Level Monitoring Committees (SLMCs), Nodal Agencies
for agricultural exports and Cluster Level Committees have been formed in a number
of States and State-specific Action Plans have been prepared. Country and product-specific
action plans have also been formulated to promote exports.
A Farmer Connect Portal has been set up for providing
a platform for farmers, Farmer-Producer Organizations (FPOs) and cooperatives to
interact with exporters. Buyer-Seller Meets (BSMs) have been organized in the clusters
to provide export-market linkages. Regular interactions, through video-conferences,
have been held with the Indian Missions abroad, to assess and exploit export opportunities.
Country specific BSMs, through Indian Missions, have also been organized.
The Department of Commerce provides assistance through
several other schemes to promote exports, including agriculture export viz. Trade
Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES), Market Access Initiatives (MAI) Scheme,
etc. In addition, assistance to the exporters of agriculture products is also available
under the export promotion schemes of Marine Products Export Development Authority
(MPEDA), Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
(APEDA), Tea Board, Coffee Board and Spices Board.
The Government has also introduced a Central Sector
Scheme – ‘Transport and Marketing Assistance for Specified Agriculture Products’
– for providing assistance for the international component of freight, to mitigate
the freight disadvantage for the export of agriculture products.
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Annexure-I (Values in USD Million) |
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|
Item |
2019-20 |
2020-21 (P) |
|
MARINE PRODUCTS |
6722.07 |
5962.43 |
|
RICE (OTHER THAN BASMOTI) |
2031.25 |
4799.91 |
|
RICE -BASMOTI |
4372.00 |
4018.71 |
|
SPICES |
3621.38 |
3984.84 |
|
BUFFALO MEAT |
3199.60 |
3171.13 |
|
SUGAR |
1966.44 |
2790.31 |
|
COTTON RAW INCLD. WASTE |
1057.34 |
1897.20 |
|
OIL MEALS |
827.90 |
1575.55 |
|
CASTOR OIL |
894.36 |
917.24 |
|
MISC PROCESSED ITEMS |
647.07 |
864.24 |
|
FRESH FRUITS |
770.25 |
766.11 |
|
TEA |
826.53 |
756.24 |
|
GROUNDNUT |
715.81 |
727.40 |
|
FRESH VEGETABLES |
651.68 |
722.13 |
|
COFFEE |
738.86 |
719.66 |
|
PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES |
646.83 |
695.52 |
|
OTHER CEREALS |
205.19 |
694.72 |
|
CEREAL PREPARATIONS |
548.29 |
635.75 |
|
VEGETABLE OILS |
170.09 |
603.71 |
|
WHEAT |
62.82 |
549.70 |
|
TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED |
530.38 |
517.48 |
|
SESAME SEEDS |
525.57 |
425.60 |
|
PROCESSED VEGETABLES |
311.71 |
424.57 |
|
CASHEW |
566.82 |
420.43 |
|
TOBACCO MANUFACTURED |
374.77 |
359.10 |
|
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES |
232.68 |
330.09 |
|
DAIRY PRODUCTS |
280.43 |
322.68 |
|
PULSES |
213.67 |
265.67 |
|
GUERGAM MEAL |
461.53 |
262.99 |
|
MILLED PRODUCTS |
151.56 |
207.10 |
|
MOLLASES |
72.97 |
171.05 |
|
COCOA PRODUCTS |
180.10 |
149.78 |
|
FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS |
109.24 |
125.14 |
|
SHELLAC |
57.90 |
87.83 |
|
FLORICLTR PRODUCTS |
76.52 |
77.84 |
|
OTHER OIL SEEDS |
61.79 |
61.28 |
|
POULTRY PRODUCTS |
81.04 |
58.70 |
|
ANIMAL CASINGS |
56.10 |
56.23 |
|
SHEEP/GOAT MEAT |
92.62 |
44.64 |
|
NIGER SEEDS |
14.91 |
21.58 |
|
NATURAL RUBBER |
21.71 |
16.67 |
|
CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID |
3.25 |
2.66 |
|
OTHER MEAT |
2.35 |
2.47 |
|
PROCESSED MEAT |
2.17 |
1.71 |
|
Total |
35157.55 |
41265.80 |
This information was given by the Union Minister of Commerce and
Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal,
in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha 23 July, 2021.