Lok Sabha Question No. 1100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Food Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Narendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1100

ANSWERED ON 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## †1100. SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of food processing industries in the country at present, State-wise; and
- (b) the details of food items processed and exported during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  brings  out  data  on  various aspects of registered manufacturing sectors including food processing sector through the Annual Survey of Industries. As per the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2019-20, 41481 food processing units existed in the country.  The State-wise details are attached as Annexure .
- (b) As  per  Directorate  of  Commercial  Intelligence  and  Statistics  (DGCIS)  under  the Department of Commerce, inter alia, the major exported processed food items in recent years have been:

Marine products including shrimps & prawns, animal feed, instant coffee, oil cake & oil cake meal, sweet biscuit & other bakery products, preparations/preserved cucumber & gherkins, jams, jellies, marmalades of mango etc.

The export of processed food items during the last five years is given below:

## Figures in US$ Million

|                       | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Processed-Food Export | 5,273.85  | 6,389.23  | 6,264.02  | 8,565.6   | 10,420.0  |

Source: DGCIS, Kolkata

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1100 FOR ANSWER ON 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING 'FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES'

## State wise number of Food Processing units

| Sl.No.   | Name of the state/ UT   | No of Units   |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------|
| 1        | A &NIslands             | 4             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 5737          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 29            |
| 4        | Assam                   | 1582          |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 896           |
| 6        | Chandigarh              | 19            |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 1761          |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 10            |
| 9        | Daman &Diu              | 33            |
| 10       | Delhi                   | 175           |
| 11       | Goa                     | 103           |
| 12       | Gujarat                 | 2356          |
| 13       | Haryana                 | 1066          |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh        | 172           |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir       | 179           |
| 16       | Jharkhand               | 237           |
| 17       | Karnataka               | 2361          |
| 18       | Kerala                  | 1743          |
| 19       | Lakshadweep             | NA            |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh          | 1018          |
| 21       | Maharashtra             | 2728          |
| 22       | Manipur                 | 30            |
| 23       | Meghalaya               | 32            |
| 24       | Mizoram                 | 29            |
| 25       | Nagaland                | 20            |
| 26       | Odisha                  | 1211          |
| 27       | Puducherry              | 68            |
| 28       | Punjab                  | 3267          |
| 29       | Rajasthan               | 956           |
| 30       | Sikkim                  | 19            |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu              | 4995          |
| 32       | Telangana               | 3989          |
| 33       | Tripura                 | 117           |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh           | 2127          |
| 35       | Uttarakhand             | 345           |
| 36       | West Bengal             | 2067          |
|          | Total                   | 41481         |

Source: Annual Survey of Industries 2019-20