Lok Sabha Question No. 3980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-17
Subject: Agri Export Zones
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3980 (H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th JULY, 2019

## AGRI EXPORT ZONES

## 3980(H). SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a) the details of Agri Export Zones (AEZ) functional across the country as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the policy formulated by the Government to promote export of agriculture products in the said States/AEZ; and
- (c) the details of the export of agriculture products during the last three years, State/Product wise?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) The Government had notified 60 Agri Export Zones in 20 States till 2004-05. All the Agri Export Zones have since completed their intended span of 5 years. As such, as of now, there are no functional Agri Export Zones in the country.
- (b) Promotion  of  agricultural  exports  is  a  continuous  process.  To  promote  the  agricultural  exports,  The Government has introduced a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy with the following vision:
- 'Harness export potential of Indian agriculture, through suitable policy instruments, to make India a global power in agriculture, and raise farmers' income.'

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.

The Department  of  Commerce also has several schemes to promote  exports,  including  exports  of  agricultural products,  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  agricultural products is also available under the Export Promotion Schemes of Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Tobacco Board, Tea Board, Coffee Board, Rubber Board and Spices Board.

- (c) The  product-wise  details  of  agricultural  exports  from  the  country,  during  the  last  three  years,  are  at Annexure-I. State-wise data for exports is not published by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics (DGCI&S).

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## EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Quantity: in thousand units; Value: USD Million

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| Description                 |      | 2016-17            |             | 2017-18         |             | 2018-19      |             |
|-----------------------------|------|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|                             | UNIT | Quantity           | Value       | Quantity        | Value       | Quantity     | Value       |
| Marine Products             | KGS  | 11,85,272.87       | 5,903.06    | 14,32,456.67    | 7,389.22    | 14,36,680.63 | 6,802.24    |
| Rice -Basmati               | TON  | 3,985.21           | 3,208.60    | 4,056.85        | 4,169.56    | 4,414.61     | 4,712.44    |
| Buffalo Meat                | TON  | 1,323.58           | 3,903.49    | 1,350.25        | 4,037.11    | 1,233.38     | 3,587.15    |
| Spices                      | KGS  | 10,14,453.31       | 2,851.95    | 10,96,322.85    | 3,115.37    | 10,91,789.68 | 3,322.56    |
| Rice(Other Than Basmati)    | TON  | 6,770.83           | 2,525.19    | 8,818.53        | 3,636.60    | 7,599.75     | 3,040.22    |
| Cotton Raw Incld. Waste     | TON  | 996.09             | 1,621.11    | 1,101.47        | 1,894.25    | 1,143.07     | 2,104.41    |
| Oil Meals                   | TON  | 2,632.26           | 805.45      | 3,570.78        | 1,093.16    | 4,486.14     | 1,511.52    |
| Sugar                       | TON  | 2,544.01           | 1,290.71    | 1,757.93        | 810.9       | 3,987.96     | 1,359.75    |
| Castor Oil                  | KGS  | 5,99,195.56        | 674.73      | 6,97,092.50     | 1,043.99    | 6,19,376.57  | 883.78      |
| Tea                         | KGS  | 2,43,429.62        | 731.26      | 2,72,894.98     | 837.36      | 2,70,300.12  | 830.9       |
| Coffee                      | KGS  | 2,88,613.37        | 842.84      | 3,17,828.97     | 968.57      | 2,82,889.02  | 822.34      |
| Fresh Vegetables            | TON  | 3,404.07           | 863.12      | 2,448.02        | 821.76      | 2,933.37     | 810.44      |
| Fresh Fruits                | TON  | 817.06             | 743.23      | 714             | 761.79      | 754.75       | 794.04      |
| Guergam Meal                | TON  | 419.95             | 463.35      | 494.13          | 646.94      | 513.22       | 674.88      |
| Misc Processed Items        |      | -                  | 455.59      | -               | 550.55      | -            | 658.35      |
| Cashew                      | TON  | 91.79              | 786.93      | 90.06           | 922.41      | 78.22        | 654.43      |
| Processed Fruits And Juices | KGS  | 5,33,152.10        | 584.79      | 5,73,281.42     | 646.92      | 5,92,174.58  | 639.65      |
| Tobacco Unmanufactured      | KGS  | 2,04,447.42        | 634.38      | 1,85,363.88     | 593.88      | 1,89,538.70  | 570.28      |
| Cereal Preparations         | TON  | 339.95             | 531.7       | 353.35          | 552.61      | 347.77       | 551.74      |
| Sesame Seeds                | KGS  | 3,07,328.55        | 402.17      | 3,36,850.37     | 463.9       | 3,11,987.34  | 538.94      |
| Dairy Products              | KGS  | 90,352.31          | 253.73      | 1,02,262.55     | 303.05      | 1,80,698.38  | 481.55      |
| Groundnut                   | TON  | 725.71             | 809.6       | 504.04          | 524.82      | 489.19       | 472.74      |
| Tobacco Manufactured        |      | -                  | 324.31      | -               | 340.37      | -            | 410.96      |
| Other Cereals               | TON  | 734.77             | 212.3       | 864.24          | 248.59      | 1,277.00     | 349.06      |
| Alcoholic Beverages         | LTR  | 2,32,179.33        | 298.9       | 2,41,013.37     | 326.67      | 2,31,601.93  | 300.91      |
| Processed Vegetables        | KGS  | 1,92,855.77        | 263.57      | 2,12,203.36     | 282.87      | 2,28,872.64  | 293.95      |
| Pulses                      | TON  | 136.72             | 191.05      | 179.6           | 227.75      | 285.83       | 259.34      |
| Cocoa Products              | KGS  | 25,649.50          | 162.18      | 29,579.53       | 177.47      | 27,603.73    | 192.69      |
| Milled Products             | KGS  | 2,55,803.65        | 121.37      | 2,70,396.97     | 136.01      | 3,07,367.50  | 151.46      |
| Other Oil Seeds             | TON  | 193.27             | 126         | 295.1           | 174.79      | 213.83       | 131.57      |
| Fruits / Vegetable Seeds    | KGS  | 11,288.62          | 78.16       | 14,465.77       | 104.04      | 17,419.48    | 124.92      |
| Sheep/Goat Meat             | TON  | 22.01              | 129.69      | 22.8            | 130.9       | 21.67        | 124.65      |
| Vegetable Oils              | TON  | 60.47              | 116.29      | 37.06           | 87.83       | 49.95        | 106.79      |
| Poultry Products Mollases   | TON  | - 390.67           | 79.11 47.06 | - 123.97        | 85.7 15.06  | - 841.16     | 98.17 83.76 |
|                             | KGS  | 22,020.33          |             |                 | 78.73       |              |             |
| Floricltr Products          |      |                    | 81.55       | 20,703.51       |             | 19,726.56    | 81.78       |
| Animal Casings              | KGS  | 173.24             | 2.06        | 12,424.66       | 50.68       | 14,882.83    | 68.27       |
| Wheat                       | TON  | 265.61             | 66.85       | 322.79 6,530.85 | 96.72 44.22 | 226.23       | 60.31       |
| Shellac Niger Seeds         | KGS  | 6,065.00 14,070.46 | 33.6        |                 | 10.84       | 6,996.04     |             |
|                             | KGS  |                    | 17.46       | 9,215.04        |             | 13,370.58    | 43.7 13.64  |
| Natural Rubber              | TON  | 24.46              | 37.65       | 7.7             | 13.89       | 6.66         | 11.02       |
| Cashew Nut Shell Liquid     | KGS  | 11,404.76          | 6.56        | 8,325.16        | 5.06        | 5,300.66     | 3.87        |
| Processed Meat              | TON  | 0.14               | 0.69        | 0.27            | 1.54        | 0.41         | 2           |
| Other Meat                  | TON  | 0.01               | 0.03        | 0.45            | 1.09        | 0.85         | 1.96        |
| TOTAL                       |      |                    | 33,283.41   |                 | 38,425.52   |              | 38,739.10   |

Source: DGCI&S

Annexure-I