Lok Sabha Question No. 2667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Agri Export from North East Region
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2667

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## AGRI EXPORT FROM NORTH EAST REGION

## 2667.  SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि और षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the agricultural products being exported from the North-Eastern States ;

(b) if so, the reasons for treating North Eastern States as a special region; and

(c) the  names of importing countries and the details of the revenue received by such export from North Eastern States?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि और षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): During 2021-22, the export of agricultural and allied products from North Eastern States has been of about Rs. 1813.73 crore. The major agricultural and allied products exported from these states have been tea, cereal preparations, Dairy products, rice (other than  basmati),  ayush  and  herbal  products,  sesame  seeds,  spices,  miscellaneous processed items, marine products and oil meals .

(b): The North East Region is one of the richest reservoirs of genetic variability and diversity  of  different  crops  i.e.  various  kinds  of  fruits,  different  vegetables,  spices, ornamental plants and also medicinal and aromatic plants. The region offers scope for cultivation of a wide variety of horticultural crops because of its diversities in topography, altitude and climatic conditions. A range of fruit crops varying from highly temperate types like walnut, apple, etc., to subtropical as well as tropical fruits are coming up well in this region. Similarly, wide and diverse types of vegetables including indigenous ones are

O.I.H

cultivated in the region. Some commodities like Mizo chilli, King chilli, Dale chilli of Sikkim have high Capsaicin. Lakadong variety of Turmeric of Meghalaya is high in curcumin content, Kew variety of pineapple of Tripura has got GI tag etc. are particularly found in NER. All these products have high demand in International as well as domestic market.

(c): The  country-wise  and  value-wise  details  of  export  of  agricultural  and  allied products from North Eastern States during 2021-22 are annexed .

## Annexure

Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2667 to be answered on 02.08.2022

The details  of  country-wise  and  value-wise  details  of  export  of  agricultural  and  allied products from North Eastern States during 2021-22 are given below:

| Details of Importing Countries State Wise (Value in Rs. Crore)   | Details of Importing Countries State Wise (Value in Rs. Crore)   | Details of Importing Countries State Wise (Value in Rs. Crore)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATE                                                            | COUNTRY                                                          | 2021-22                                                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                | GERMANY                                                          | 0.00                                                             |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                | HONG KONG                                                        | 0.02                                                             |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                | U S A                                                            | 0.02                                                             |
| Total                                                            |                                                                  | 0.04                                                             |
| ASSAM                                                            | AFGHANISTAN                                                      | 1.40                                                             |
|                                                                  | ANGOLA                                                           | 1.35                                                             |
|                                                                  | AUSTRALIA                                                        | 16.00                                                            |
|                                                                  | AZERBAIJAN                                                       | 1.12                                                             |
|                                                                  | BAHARAIN IS                                                      | 3.98                                                             |
|                                                                  | BANGLADESH PR                                                    | 27.41                                                            |
|                                                                  | BARBADOS                                                         | 0.00                                                             |
|                                                                  | BELGIUM                                                          | 0.33                                                             |
|                                                                  | BHUTAN                                                           | 43.79                                                            |
|                                                                  | BURKINA FASO                                                     | 32.91                                                            |
|                                                                  | CAMEROON                                                         | 0.68                                                             |
|                                                                  | CANADA                                                           | 9.93                                                             |
|                                                                  | CHINA P RP                                                       | 58.90                                                            |
|                                                                  | COLOMBIA                                                         | 1.91                                                             |
|                                                                  | COTE D' IVOIRE                                                   | 17.54                                                            |
|                                                                  | CZECH REPUBLIC                                                   | 0.71                                                             |
|                                                                  | DENMARK                                                          | 0.21                                                             |
|                                                                  | EGYPT A RP                                                       | 3.73                                                             |
|                                                                  | FIJI IS                                                          | 0.15                                                             |
|                                                                  | FINLAND                                                          | 0.46                                                             |
|                                                                  | FRANCE                                                           | 2.78                                                             |
|                                                                  | GAMBIA                                                           | 0.25                                                             |
|                                                                  | GEORGIA                                                          | 4.31                                                             |
|                                                                  | GERMANY                                                          | 90.00                                                            |
|                                                                  | GHANA                                                            | 5.29                                                             |
|                                                                  | GUINEA                                                           | 1.47                                                             |

| GUYANA        |   0.00 |
|---------------|--------|
| HONG KONG     |   0.86 |
| INDONESIA     |   1.97 |
| IRAN          | 165.54 |
| IRAQ          | 121.72 |
| IRELAND       |  30.84 |
| ISRAEL        |   0.15 |
| ITALY         |   1.59 |
| JAPAN         |  30.84 |
| JORDAN        |   0.55 |
| KAZAKHSTAN    |  42.13 |
| KENYA         |   5.91 |
| KOREA RP      |   6.46 |
| KUWAIT        |   4.29 |
| LATVIA        |   2.7  |
| LITHUANIA     |   1.91 |
| LUXEMBOURG    |   0.01 |
| MALAWI        |   0    |
| MALAYSIA      |   7.34 |
| MALDIVES      |   0.01 |
| MALI          |   9.94 |
| MAURITIUS     |   0.17 |
| MOROCCO       |   0.44 |
| NEPAL         |   6.87 |
| NETHERLAND    |  31.66 |
| NEW CALEDONIA |   0.02 |
| NEW ZEALAND   |   0.35 |
| NIGER         |  13.53 |
| NIGERIA       |  10.4  |
| NORWAY        |   1.57 |
| OMAN          |   3.91 |
| POLAND        |  22.79 |
| QATAR         |   2.68 |
| RUSSIA        | 265.13 |
| SAUDI ARAB    |  23.32 |
| SEYCHELLES    |   0    |
| SINGAPORE     |   1.11 |
| SOLOMON IS    |   0.02 |
| SOUTH AFRICA  |   1.58 |
| SPAIN         |   4.57 |

| SRI LANKA DSR   |   24.26 |
|-----------------|---------|
| ST LUCIA        |    0    |
| SUDAN           |    0.04 |
| SURINAME        |    0.01 |
| SWEDEN          |    1.02 |
| SWITZERLAND     |    0.58 |
| SYRIA           |    1.25 |
| TAIWAN          |   10.82 |
| TAJIKISTAN      |    2.51 |
| THAILAND        |    0.34 |
| TOGO            |    0.96 |
| TONGA           |    0.09 |
| TRINIDAD        |    0.01 |
| TUNISIA         |    7.65 |
| TURKEY          |   30.27 |
| U ARAB EMTS     |  301.05 |
| U K             |  186.97 |
| U S A           |   61.65 |
| UGANDA          |    0.53 |
| UKRAINE         |   14.32 |
| UZBEKISTAN      |    1.36 |
| VIETNAM SOC REP |    2.1  |
| Total           | 1799.32 |
| AUSTRALIA       |    0    |
| SRI LANKA DSR   |    0.35 |
| SWITZERLAND     |    0    |
| U ARAB EMTS     |    0.09 |
| U S A           |    0.11 |
| Total           |    0.55 |
| BHUTAN          |    0.12 |
| CANADA          |    0.02 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC  |    0.01 |
| GERMANY         |    0.17 |
| JAPAN           |    0.01 |
| KOREA RP        |    0    |
| KUWAIT          |    0.13 |
| PORTUGAL        |    0.01 |
| QATAR           |    0.06 |
| U ARAB EMTS     |    0.2  |
| U K             |    0.04 |

|          | U S A         |   0.52 |
|----------|---------------|--------|
|          | Total         |   1.28 |
| MIZORAM  | U S A         |   0.01 |
|          | Total         |   0.01 |
| NAGALAND | THAILAND      |   1.45 |
|          | Total         |   1.45 |
| SIKKIM   | ANTIGUA       |   0    |
| SIKKIM   | BAHARAIN IS   |   0.05 |
| SIKKIM   | BANGLADESH PR |   0    |
| SIKKIM   | BHUTAN        |   4.93 |
| SIKKIM   | CONGO P REP   |   0    |
| SIKKIM   | GERMANY       |   0.08 |
| SIKKIM   | GRENADA       |   0    |
|          | HONG KONG     |   0.06 |
|          | JAPAN         |   0.04 |
|          | LESOTHO       |   0.01 |
|          | MALAYSIA      |   0.08 |
|          | MALDIVES      |   0.02 |
|          | NEW ZEALAND   |   0.02 |
|          | OMAN          |   0.13 |
|          | QATAR         |   0.02 |
|          | SEYCHELLES    |   0.02 |
|          | SINGAPORE     |   0    |
|          | SOMALIA       |   0    |
|          | SOUTH AFRICA  |   0    |
|          | SRI LANKA DSR |   0.23 |
|          | ST KITT N A   |   0.01 |
|          | SWITZERLAND   |   0.06 |
|          | TANZANIA REP  |   0.04 |
|          | U ARAB EMTS   |   0.81 |
|          | U K           |   0.01 |
|          | U S A         |   0.29 |
|          | UGANDA        |   0.18 |
|          | UKRAINE       |   1.62 |
|          | ZIMBABWE      |   0.05 |
|          | Total         |   8.78 |
|          | BANGLADESH PR |   0.17 |
| TRIPURA  | GERMANY       |   0.18 |
|          | IRAN          |   0.05 |

|       | OMAN        |    0.31 |
|-------|-------------|---------|
|       | RUSSIA      |    0.3  |
|       | U ARAB EMTS |    0.73 |
|       | U K         |    0.35 |
|       | U S A       |    0    |
|       | Total       |    2.3  |
| TOTAL |             | 1813.73 |

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Source: DGCIS