Lok Sabha Question No. 5121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Commercial Crops
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sougata Ray

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5121 TO BE ANSWERED ON  24 th  JULY, 2019

## COMMERCIAL CROPS

## 5121.  PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा�ण�य एवं उ�योग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to promote the export of commercial crops;
- (b) the details of commercial crops exported from the country to various other countries, item-wise;
- (c) whether any foreign country banned/reserved the export of any commercial products from the country due to various reasons; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken to remove the said ban?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) Promotion of exports of commercial crops is a continuous process. To promote the agricultural exports,  including  that  of  commercial  crops,  the  Government  has  introduced  a  comprehensive Agriculture  Export  Policy.  The  Government  has  also  brought  out  a  new  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, and marketing of agricultural products. Exports of many of the commercial crops are eligible for assistance under the scheme.

The Department of Commerce also has several other schemes to promote exports, including exports of commercial  crops,  viz.  Trade  Infrastructure  for  Export  Scheme  (TIES),  Market  Access  Initiatives (MAI) Scheme, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) etc. In addition, assistance to the exporters of commercial crops is also available under the Export Promotion Schemes of Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Tobacco Board, Tea Board, Coffee Board, Rubber Board and Spices Board.

- (b) The details of commercial crops exported from the country to various other countries, itemwise, are at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d) No foreign country has banned import of any of the commercial crops from India. However, Mexico has suspended import of chilli from India with effect from 23.5.2017 on account of detection of Trogoderma larva, a quarantine pest, in one of the consignments of chilli exported from India. The Spices Board is conducting mandatory testing before export of chillies to all the countries.

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## India's Export of Commercial Crops

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Quantity in thousand units; V alue in million USD

| Name of Crop           | Unit        | 2016-17      | 2016-17   | 2017-18      | 2017-18   | 2018-19*     | 2018-19*   | 2019-20 (Apr-May)*   | 2019-20 (Apr-May)*   |
|------------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Name of Crop           | Unit        | Quantity     | Value     | Quantity     | Value     | Quantity     | Value      | Quantity             | Value                |
| RICE -BASMATI          | TON         | 3,985.21     | 3,208.60  | 4,056.85     | 4,169.56  | 4,414.61     | 4,712.44   | 864.03               | 932.20               |
| SPICES                 | KGS         | 10,14,453.31 | 2,851.95  | 10,96,322.85 | 3,115.37  | 10,91,789.68 | 3,322.56   | 2,09,119.92          | 586.77               |
| COTTON RAWINCLD. WASTE | TON         | 996.09       | 1,621.11  | 1,101.47     | 1,894.25  | 1,143.07     | 2,104.41   | 66.99                | 118.70               |
| TEA                    | KGS         | 2,43,429.62  | 731.26    | 2,72,894.98  | 837.36    | 2,70,300.12  | 830.90     | 39,617.55            | 132.90               |
| COFFEE                 | KGS         | 2,88,613.37  | 842.84    | 3,17,828.97  | 968.57    | 2,82,889.02  | 822.34     | 56,749.99            | 149.54               |
| FRESHVEGETABLES        | TON         | 3,404.07     | 863.12    | 2,448.02     | 821.76    | 2,933.37     | 810.44     | 449.73               | 119.96               |
| FRESH FRUITS           | TON         | 817.06       | 743.23    | 714.00       | 761.79    | 754.75       | 794.04     | 155.35               | 154.15               |
| CASHEW                 | TON         | 91.79        | 786.93    | 90.06        | 922.41    | 78.22        | 654.43     | 10.73                | 84.50                |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED | KGS         | 2,04,447.42  | 634.38    | 1,85,363.88  | 593.88    | 1,89,538.70  | 570.28     | 32,419.79            | 102.26               |
| SESAME SEEDS           | KGS         | 3,07,328.55  | 402.17    | 3,36,850.37  | 463.90    | 3,11,987.34  | 538.94     | 41,637.11            | 84.06                |
| GROUNDNUT              | TON         | 725.71       | 809.60    | 504.04       | 524.82    | 489.19       | 472.74     | 85.97                | 92.05                |
| OTHER OIL SEEDS        | TON         | 193.27       | 126.00    | 295.10       | 174.79    | 213.83       | 131.57     | 18.88                | 13.27                |
| FLORICLTR PRODUCTS     | KGS         | 22,020.33    | 81.55     | 20,703.51    | 78.73     | 19,726.56    | 81.78      | 2,983.68             | 13.45                |
| JUTE,RAW               | TON         | 18.18        | 11.44     | 27.20        | 14.81     | 24.01        | 15.30      | 1.92                 | 1.22                 |
| NIGER SEEDS            | KGS         | 14,070.46    | 17.46     | 9,215.04     | 10.84     | 13,370.58    | 13.64      | 2,001.16             | 2.33                 |
| NATURALRUBBER          | TON         | 24.46        | 37.65     | 7.70         | 13.89     | 6.66         | 11.02      | 1.13                 | 1.90                 |
| Grand Total            | Grand Total | -            | 10,560.68 | -            | 11,197.17 | -            | 11,174.38  | -                    | 1,657.05             |

Source: DGCI&S

* Provisional