Lok Sabha Question No. 2366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Export of Agricultural Products
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  MARCH,2023

## EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PROUDCTS

## 2366.   SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) the  details  of  sanitary  and  phytosanitary  measures  that  agricultural  products  are  being subjected to while being exported from India in the last two years, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023;
- (b) the details of agricultural products being exported with the details of countries to whom such exports are being made to;
- (c) whether the Government has made any progress for concretising regional agreements with countries that can be considered as major importers of India's agricultural products;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether there are any changes being anticipated in agricultural foreign trade policy to boost export of agricultural products; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a): India complies with the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements of importing countries through implementation of various phytosanitary measures to mitigate the quarantine pests namely, Inspection, Testing and various phytosanitary treatments including Fumigation with Methyl bromide, Fumigation  with  Aluminium  Phosphide,  Hot  Water  Immersion  Treatment  (HwT),  Vapor  Heat Treatment  (VHT)  etc.  The  Plant  Quarantine  Authorities,  Export  Inspection  Council,  APEDA, MPEDA  and  other commodity boards establish product and market-specific sanitary and phytosanitary compliance mechanisms as per the requirements of the importing countries.

(b): The product-wise and country-wise details of agriculture products exported from India during the past two years (2020-21 and 2021-22) are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

(c) & (d): In order to enhance the scope of trade, including agribusiness, India engages with its trade  partners  at  various  bilateral  and  multilateral  fora  to  discuss  and  resolve  Sanitary  and Phytosanitary (SPS), Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Market Access issues. In last three years India has signed two Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with UAE and Australia and one Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Mauritius for increasing market access for Indian products, including agricultural products, in FTA/PTA partner countries.

(e) & (f): The framing of trade policy in respect of agriculture products is a continuous process and changes in the policy are made keeping in mind several factors such as demand & supply situation, both domestic and international; international and domestic prices; food security concerns; sanitary, phytosanitary and quality issues etc.

Besides policy measures, other steps are also taken to boost agriculture exports. The Government has taken several steps at State and District level to promote exports. State specific Action Plans have been prepared and State Level Monitoring Committees (SLMCs), Nodal Agencies for agricultural exports and Cluster Level Committees have been formed in a number of States. Country and product-specific action  plans  have  also  been  formulated  to  promote  exports.  The  Government  is  also  utilizing  the District as Export Hub Initiative to achieve the objectives of Agriculture Export Policy. Under the District as Export Hub initiative, products including agricultural and processed food products with export potential have been identified in all 733 districts across the country. State Export Strategy has been prepared in 28 States/UTs.

The Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a statutory organisation  under  the  administrative  control  of  Department  of  Commerce,  has  the  mandate  to promote exports of agricultural and processed food products. APEDA has been providing assistance to the exporters under various components of its Export Promotion Scheme.

The Department of Commerce provides financial assistance to promote exports, including exports of agricultural  products  through  Market  Access  Initiatives  (MAI)  Scheme,  and  Export  Promotion Schemes of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Tea Board, Coffee Board, Spices Board etc.

Further, a Farmer Connect Portal has been developed for providing a platform for farmers, FarmerProducer  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 tap export opportunities. Country specific BSMs, through Indian Missions, have also been held.

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Annexure-I Annexure related to the reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2366 for answer on 15.03.2023.

## INDIA'S EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - PRODUCT-WISE

| Values in USD Million; Qty in lakh units   | Values in USD Million; Qty in lakh units   | Values in USD Million; Qty in lakh units   | Values in USD Million; Qty in lakh units   | Values in USD Million; Qty in lakh units   | Values in USD Million; Qty in lakh units   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| COMMODITY                                  | UNIT                                       | 2020-21                                    | 2020-21                                    | 2021-22                                    | 2021-22                                    |
| COMMODITY                                  | UNIT                                       | QTY                                        | VALUE                                      | QTY                                        | VALUE                                      |
| MARINE PRODUCTS                            | KGS                                        | 11677.58                                   | 5962.39                                    | 13980.14                                   | 7772.36                                    |
| RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI)                   | TON                                        | 131.49                                     | 4810.80                                    | 172.89                                     | 6133.63                                    |
| SUGAR                                      | TON                                        | 75.18                                      | 2789.91                                    | 104.57                                     | 4602.65                                    |
| SPICES                                     | KGS                                        | 16070.59                                   | 3983.98                                    | 14277.18                                   | 3896.03                                    |
| RICE -BASMOTI                              | TON                                        | 46.30                                      | 4018.41                                    | 39.44                                      | 3537.49                                    |
| BUFFALO MEAT                               | TON                                        | 10.86                                      | 3171.13                                    | 11.75                                      | 3303.78                                    |
| COTTON RAWINCLD. WASTE                     | TON                                        | 12.14                                      | 1897.21                                    | 12.59                                      | 2816.24                                    |
| WHEAT                                      | TON                                        | 21.55                                      | 567.93                                     | 72.45                                      | 2122.13                                    |
| CASTOR OIL                                 | KGS                                        | 7343.36                                    | 917.24                                     | 7152.10                                    | 1175.50                                    |
| MISC PROCESSED ITEMS                       |                                            | 0.00                                       | 866.04                                     | 0.00                                       | 1169.05                                    |
| OTHER CEREALS                              | TON                                        | 30.76                                      | 705.38                                     | 38.59                                      | 1087.39                                    |
| OIL MEALS                                  | TON                                        | 43.67                                      | 1585.04                                    | 29.26                                      | 1031.94                                    |
| COFFEE                                     | KGS                                        | 2452.10                                    | 719.66                                     | 3330.99                                    | 1020.74                                    |
| FRESH FRUITS                               | TON                                        | 9.73                                       | 768.54                                     | 11.66                                      | 877.22                                     |
| FRESH VEGETABLES                           | TON                                        | 23.40                                      | 723.97                                     | 24.68                                      | 815.26                                     |
| PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES                | KGS                                        | 5328.71                                    | 695.56                                     | 6297.04                                    | 778.30                                     |
| TEA                                        | KGS                                        | 2126.88                                    | 756.26                                     | 2086.14                                    | 751.07                                     |
| CEREAL PREPARATIONS                        | TON                                        | 4.04                                       | 636.97                                     | 4.16                                       | 652.49                                     |
| DAIRY PRODUCTS                             | KGS                                        | 1183.34                                    | 323.09                                     | 1919.54                                    | 634.89                                     |
| GROUNDNUT                                  | TON                                        | 6.38                                       | 727.21                                     | 5.14                                       | 629.28                                     |
| AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS                  | KGS                                        | 1205.58                                    | 539.88                                     | 1261.12                                    | 612.12                                     |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED                     | KGS                                        | 1782.97                                    | 517.54                                     | 1962.61                                    | 570.40                                     |
| CASHEW                                     | TON                                        | 0.70                                       | 420.43                                     | 0.75                                       | 453.08                                     |

| GUERGAM MEAL             | TON   | 2.35    |   262.99 | 3.22    |   447.61 |
|--------------------------|-------|---------|----------|---------|----------|
| PROCESSED VEGETABLES     | KGS   | 3670.99 |   424.7  | 3082.75 |   412.29 |
| SESAME SEEDS             | KGS   | 2732.60 |   425.64 | 2421.46 |   407.15 |
| PULSES                   | TON   | 2.77    |   265.57 | 3.87    |   359.41 |
| TOBACCO MANUFACTURED     |       | 0.00    |   359.17 | 0.00    |   353.17 |
| MILLED PRODUCTS          | KGS   | 3970.56 |   207.13 | 6995.65 |   305.49 |
| ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES      | LTR   | 2503.33 |   330.22 | 2009.21 |   274.07 |
| VEGETABLE OILS           | TON   | 3.02    |   604.12 | 0.98    |   221.01 |
| MOLLASES                 | TON   | 13.18   |   178.75 | 14.05   |   217.92 |
| COCOA PRODUCTS           | KGS   | 257.77  |   149.78 | 273.23  |   153.68 |
| FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS | KGS   | 322.85  |   125.16 | 209.89  |   113.34 |
| SHELLAC                  | KGS   | 78.76   |    87.83 | 84.86   |   105.8  |
| FLORICLTR PRODUCTS       | KGS   | 156.95  |    77.84 | 236.95  |   103.61 |
| POULTRY PRODUCTS         |       | 0.00    |    58.7  | 0.00    |    71.04 |
| OTHER OIL SEEDS          | TON   | 0.85    |    61.24 | 0.60    |    68.92 |
| ANIMAL CASINGS           | KGS   | 138.88  |    56.23 | 138.27  |    63.54 |
| SHEEP/GOAT MEAT          | TON   | 0.07    |    44.64 | 0.09    |    60.11 |
| NIGER SEEDS              | KGS   | 195.91  |    21.58 | 60.30   |     8.3  |
| NATURAL RUBBER           | TON   | 0.11    |    16.67 | 0.04    |     7.24 |
| OTHER MEAT               | TON   | 0.01    |     2.47 | 0.02    |     6.11 |
| CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID  | KGS   | 37.36   |     2.66 | 49.44   |     4.36 |
| PROCESSED MEAT           | TON   | 0.01    |     1.71 | 0.00    |     1.55 |
| Grand Total              |       |         | 41869.4  |         | 50208.7  |

Source: DGCI&S

## Annexure-II

## Annexure related to the reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2366 for answer on 15.03.2023.

| INDIA'S EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - COUNTRY-WISE   | INDIA'S EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - COUNTRY-WISE   | INDIA'S EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - COUNTRY-WISE   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Values in Million USD.                                   | Values in Million USD.                                   | Values in Million USD.                                   |
| COUNTRY                                                  | 2020-21                                                  | 2021-22                                                  |
| U S A                                                    | 4913.29                                                  | 5848.11                                                  |
| BANGLADESH PR                                            | 2850.81                                                  | 5541.78                                                  |
| CHINA P RP                                               | 3734.19                                                  | 3843.33                                                  |
| U ARAB EMTS                                              | 1948.65                                                  | 2625.79                                                  |
| INDONESIA                                                | 1523.76                                                  | 2173.81                                                  |
| VIETNAM SOC REP                                          | 1629.62                                                  | 2109.00                                                  |
| SAUDI ARAB                                               | 1607.46                                                  | 1547.00                                                  |
| MALAYSIA                                                 | 1171.02                                                  | 1504.57                                                  |
| NEPAL                                                    | 1306.03                                                  | 1437.45                                                  |
| IRAN                                                     | 1175.55                                                  | 1121.69                                                  |
| NETHERLAND                                               | 831.63                                                   | 1003.42                                                  |
| IRAQ                                                     | 878.88                                                   | 953.84                                                   |
| EGYPT A RP                                               | 523.44                                                   | 931.46                                                   |
| SRI LANKA DSR                                            | 525.84                                                   | 836.13                                                   |
| U K                                                      | 801.40                                                   | 804.16                                                   |
| JAPAN                                                    | 671.53                                                   | 739.19                                                   |
| THAILAND                                                 | 645.63                                                   | 722.21                                                   |
| GERMANY                                                  | 575.90                                                   | 604.87                                                   |
| SUDAN                                                    | 417.31                                                   | 599.28                                                   |
| RUSSIA                                                   | 522.97                                                   | 582.34                                                   |
| CANADA                                                   | 545.53                                                   | 572.26                                                   |
| BENIN                                                    | 454.25                                                   | 564.68                                                   |
| BELGIUM                                                  | 468.55                                                   | 533.72                                                   |
| KOREA RP                                                 | 422.29                                                   | 516.33                                                   |

| YEMEN REPUBLC   |   468.11 |   510.14 |
|-----------------|----------|----------|
| SOMALIA         |   354.83 |   503.61 |
| DJIBOUTI        |   247.99 |   502.16 |
| PHILIPPINES     |   301.51 |   476.64 |
| ITALY           |   391.13 |   467.9  |
| FRANCE          |   387.99 |   449.3  |
| OTHER COUNTRIES |  9572.26 |  9582.56 |
| Grand Total     | 41869.4  | 50208.7  |

Source: DGCI&S

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