Lok Sabha Question No. 5772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Export of Organic Produce
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5772 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  APRIL, 2017

## EXPORT OF ORGANIC PRODUCE

## 5772. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

Will  the  Minister  of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the policy of the Government in respect of foreign trade of Estate produce and organic farming;
- (b) the details of the export of organic bio-dynamic products from the country during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of total number of Indian companies having international organic certification; and
- (d) the details of contribution of the States in exports of organic products, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) Ministry of Commerce & Industry has formulated the National Programme for Organic Production  (NPOP)  for  certification  of  organic  products.  NPOP  is  being  implemented since 2001. Organic products can be exported from the country only when certified by an accredited certification body under the NPOP.
- (b) The details of export of organic products during the last three years (2014-15 to 2016-17) are as under:

|   Year |   Export (Quantity in MT) |   Export (Value in Rs. Crore) | Export (Value in USD million)   |
|--------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 309767 |                   2478.17 |                           370 | 2016-17                         |
| 263687 |                   1975.87 |                           298 | 2015-16                         |
| 285663 |                   2099.16 |                           327 | 2014-15                         |

Source: APEDA

Data for the current year (2017-18) is not yet available. Biodynamic agricultural products are those which  are  certified under  private International  Standards  like  Demeter Standards. Data for exports of Biodynamic products is not maintained.

- (c) There were 6674 Operators certified under NPOP as on 31 st March 2017, which included individual producers, processors, traders, grower groups and wild collection operators.
- (d) The State wise export of certified organic products under NPOP for the year 2016-17 is at Annexure-I .

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State Wise Export under NPOP during 2016-17

| S. No.   | State Name       |   Exported Qty (In MT) |   Total Value In INR (In Lac) |
|----------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                    348 |                      11187.4  |
| 2        | Assam            |                     11 |                         51.79 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh     |                     32 |                        290.41 |
| 4        | Goa              |                    442 |                      18190.5  |
| 5        | Gujarat          |                  53327 |                      33293.4  |
| 6        | Haryana          |                   5468 |                       3507.07 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh |                      9 |                         14.61 |
| 8        | Jammu& Kashmir   |                    821 |                       1047.34 |
| 9        | Jharkhand        |                      0 |                          6.33 |
| 10       | Karnataka        |                   8538 |                      16526.5  |
| 11       | Kerala           |                   4282 |                      17649.1  |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh   |                 141346 |                      62599.9  |
| 13       | Maharashtra      |                  31629 |                      18967.7  |
| 14       | Meghalaya        |                      1 |                         19.61 |
| 15       | New Delhi        |                  45720 |                      26364.5  |
| 16       | Odisha           |                      9 |                         18.25 |
| 17       | Punjab           |                    205 |                        171.95 |
| 18       | Rajasthan        |                   5760 |                       5344.89 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu       |                   1402 |                       3108.23 |
| 20       | Telangana        |                   3511 |                       4048.14 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh    |                   1999 |                       3395.81 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand      |                    446 |                        645.6  |
| 23       | West Bengal      |                   4461 |                      21368.6  |
| Total    | Total            |                 309767 |                     247818    |

Source: APEDA