Lok Sabha Question No. 352 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Export of Foodgrains
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: R. VANAROJA

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 352 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  MARCH, 2017

## EXPORT OF FOODGRAINS

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

## *352. SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

- (a) the  total  quantity  and  value  of  foodgrains  exported  from  the  country  during  the  last three  years  and  the  current  year,  country-wise  including  the  United  Arab  Emirates (UAE);
- (b) whether India is considering special farms and infrastructure for foodgrain exports to UAE and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether any agreement has been executed in this regard between the two countries and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

a) to  c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 352   FOR ANSWER ON 27 th  MARCH, 2017 REGARDING ' EXPORT OF FOODGRAINS '

- (a) The details of total quantity and value of foodgrains exported from the country during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  country-wise,  including  the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are at Annexure-I.
- (b) No such proposal is under consideration in the Department of Commerce.
- (c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.

## Export of Foodgrains

## Wheat:

Annexure - I

Quantity in ton; value in Rs. Crores

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| COUNTRY         | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity                      | Value                         |
| BANGLADESH      | 1994693   | 3187.29   | 1123305   | 1888.39   | 378600    | 599.82    | 37270                         | 60.47                         |
| NEPAL           | 76734     | 123.57    | 111236    | 170.43    | 129648    | 201.65    | 159090                        | 263.88                        |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 664861    | 1149.00   | 391018    | 677.36    | 99722     | 160.41    | 22875                         | 43.28                         |
| TAIWAN          | 38018     | 65.99     | 25366     | 43.73     | 14591     | 22.70     | 2047                          | 3.16                          |
| PHILIPPINES     | 103893    | 170.81    | 79694     | 136.81    | 7099      | 12.39     |                               | 0.00                          |
| MALAYSIA        | 88784     | 150.82    | 81563     | 138.73    | 7282      | 11.97     | 1001                          | 2.19                          |
| SRI LANKA       | 60997     | 107.27    | 22419     | 37.90     | 4589      | 8.53      | 1405                          | 3.14                          |
| U K             | 14383     | 19.83     | 1937      | 4.10      | 3442      | 7.30      | 3012                          | 6.51                          |
| JORDAN          | 2108      | 4.27      | 1806      | 3.55      | 3903      | 7.00      | 995                           | 2.11                          |
| CHINA           | 6790      | 12.96     | 4669      | 8.45      | 3644      | 6.09      | 29                            | 0.06                          |
| OTHER COUNTRIES | 2520752   | 4285.84   | 1081034   | 1882.34   | 14150     | 23.91     | 3734                          | 8.45                          |
| TOTAL           | 5572013   | 9277.65   | 2924047   | 4991.81   | 666670    | 1061.77   | 231458                        | 393.25                        |

## Non Basmati Rice:

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| COUNTRY         | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity                      | Value                         |
| SENEGAL         | 651984    | 1185.92   | 765019    | 1380.52   | 913982    | 1603.97   | 441080                        | 835.00                        |
| BENIN           | 1166844   | 2945.56   | 598569    | 1506.86   | 623348    | 1411.12   | 597508                        | 1425.77                       |
| NEPAL           | 396152    | 728.87    | 630484    | 1330.79   | 534140    | 1269.89   | 447473                        | 1088.65                       |
| COTE D' IVOIRE  | 261504    | 598.89    | 259694    | 601.09    | 448982    | 984.77    | 259929                        | 578.86                        |
| GUINEA          | 221773    | 535.84    | 397717    | 935.83    | 395979    | 866.95    | 423742                        | 958.17                        |
| BANGLADESH      | 660593    | 1551.33   | 1268342   | 2763.41   | 325051    | 865.70    | 58456                         | 149.93                        |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 225525    | 708.91    | 241873    | 769.36    | 234270    | 747.78    | 210294                        | 900.17                        |
| SOMALIA         | 118927    | 295.76    | 203892    | 494.44    | 269099    | 605.27    | 289880                        | 665.07                        |
| SOUTH AFRICA    | 394306    | 970.64    | 338839    | 803.27    | 260805    | 570.64    | 217132                        | 509.27                        |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 139417    | 524.49    | 182695    | 651.31    | 151867    | 506.68    | 94783                         | 317.80                        |
| OTHER COUNTRIES | 2899119   | 7749.00   | 3415050   | 9204.67   | 2307048   | 6050.61   | 2178759                       | 5922.06                       |
| TOTAL           | 7136144   | 17795.21  | 8302174   | 20441.55  | 6464571   | 15483.39  | 5219036                       | 13350.74                      |

## Basmari Rice:

Source: DGCI&S; * 2016-17 Figures are provisional

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| COUNTRY         | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity                      | Value                         |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 826120    | 6717.06   | 966301    | 7258.87   | 948846    | 5493.85   | 629871                        | 3407.85                       |
| IRAN            | 1440454   | 10975.71  | 935568    | 6758.97   | 695311    | 3723.93   | 550540                        | 2834.72                       |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 147900    | 1185.96   | 277881    | 1927.63   | 612154    | 3110.70   | 556447                        | 2795.40                       |
| IRAQ            | 219605    | 1599.72   | 235448    | 1587.39   | 419284    | 2231.15   | 372792                        | 1815.88                       |
| KUWAIT          | 175535    | 1513.06   | 166469    | 1533.23   | 180731    | 1376.70   | 131796                        | 809.81                        |
| U K             | 118852    | 785.75    | 136337    | 899.75    | 187702    | 932.84    | 119197                        | 529.31                        |
| U S A           | 103391    | 870.31    | 88941     | 804.04    | 120687    | 861.68    | 89711                         | 616.70                        |
| YEMEN REPUBLC   | 146840    | 1107.79   | 174053    | 1199.44   | 142161    | 731.28    | 108128                        | 569.63                        |
| OMAN            | 43142     | 355.46    | 56125     | 421.81    | 105251    | 610.22    | 67263                         | 398.01                        |
| CANADA          | 28827     | 231.55    | 25667     | 229.66    | 36217     | 251.04    | 25229                         | 168.11                        |
| OTHER COUNTRIES | 503423    | 3949.47   | 636114    | 4965.92   | 597476    | 3395.21   | 600830                        | 3258.60                       |
| TOTAL           | 3754089   | 29291.82  | 3698904   | 27586.71  | 4045820   | 22718.60  | 3251804                       | 17204.02                      |

## Pulses:

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| COUNTRY         | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity                      | Value                         |
| PAKISTAN        | 100170    | 395.60    | 62983     | 283.46    | 77538     | 412.09    | 18563                         | 137.98                        |
| ALGERIA         | 57553     | 329.99    | 27431     | 171.38    | 32900     | 229.56    | 6112                          | 67.84                         |
| SRI LANKA       | 19794     | 90.95     | 31265     | 152.96    | 32649     | 193.95    | 16150                         | 114.42                        |
| TURKEY          | 60482     | 335.31    | 10446     | 60.78     | 18628     | 118.49    | 4349                          | 38.31                         |
| U S A           | 4699      | 35.97     | 7530      | 60.73     | 9072      | 102.32    | 9947                          | 129.49                        |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 14953     | 75.42     | 10814     | 59.65     | 13246     | 93.97     | 10416                         | 101.17                        |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 8941      | 45.12     | 8344      | 46.70     | 9990      | 63.63     | 5139                          | 57.70                         |
| TUNISIA         | 5303      | 30.39     | 6762      | 40.70     | 7837      | 56.06     | 2471                          | 24.81                         |
| IRAQ            | 2317      | 13.78     | 5490      | 32.91     | 5961      | 39.77     | 3533                          | 34.88                         |
| U K             | 1098      | 6.10      | 1532      | 9.18      | 4536      | 37.87     | 5579                          | 46.18                         |
| OTHER COUNTRIES | 70347     | 390.65    | 49542     | 299.86    | 43392     | 308.33    | 22571                         | 229.11                        |
| TOTAL           | 345657    | 1749.30   | 222139    | 1218.31   | 255749    | 1656.03   | 104830                        | 981.89                        |

## Other cereals

Source: DGCI&S; * 2016-17 Figures are provisional

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   | 2016-17 (APRIL-JANUARY,17)*   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| COUNTRY         | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity                      | Value                         |
| NEPAL           | 213064    | 300.49    | 256540    | 320.51    | 324781    | 471.50    | 349507                        | 534.00                        |
| BANGLADESH      | 829702    | 895.61    | 364758    | 547.20    | 187479    | 337.86    | 37728                         | 142.13                        |
| PAKISTAN        | 23357     | 96.75     | 32595     | 100.27    | 57365     | 144.98    | 10114                         | 45.97                         |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 214572    | 330.09    | 95993     | 172.95    | 40168     | 68.09     | 21394                         | 42.52                         |
| IRAN            | 164020    | 301.74    | 260380    | 430.65    | 40309     | 64.10     | 387                           | 0.98                          |
| MALAYSIA        | 901358    | 1324.09   | 465935    | 651.73    | 33271     | 54.98     | 10921                         | 19.36                         |
| SRI LANKA       | 1463      | 3.05      | 110275    | 165.64    | 31768     | 54.66     | 35000                         | 57.81                         |
| PHILIPPINES     | 17813     | 29.42     | 28514     | 45.21     | 29118     | 53.00     | 18886                         | 31.53                         |
| YEMEN REPUBLC   | 54490     | 93.56     | 48376     | 81.72     | 25780     | 48.06     | 16962                         | 33.24                         |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 14813     | 27.98     | 19014     | 35.01     | 23404     | 46.88     | 17523                         | 36.28                         |
| OTHER COUNTRIES | 2491393   | 3775.37   | 1832962   | 2711.28   | 174476    | 358.38    | 122229                        | 283.16                        |
| TOTAL           | 4926045   | 7178.14   | 3515342   | 5262.16   | 967919    | 1702.50   | 640651                        | 1226.97                       |