Lok Sabha Question No. 1392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Export Promotion Forums
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Arjunlal Meena, Jayant Sinha

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1392 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th JULY,2021

## EXPORT PROMOTION FORUMS

## 1392.  SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the performance of Export Promotion Forums as on date;
- (b) the amount of fruits and vegetables produced and exported as a percentage of the GDP for the last five years; and
- (c) the  percentage  of  fruits  and  vegetables  produced  and  exported  by  Rajasthan  as  a percentage of total production and exports by India?

## ANSWER

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

(a): To  encourage  stakeholders'  participation  in  the  decision-making  process  for  export promotion  activities,  the  Department  of  Commerce  has  established  Export  Promotion  Forums (EPFs) for individual products under the aegis of the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export  Development Authority  (APEDA).  The  EPFs  have  representation  from  trade/industry, line ministries/departments, regulatory agencies, research institutes, state governments etc. In all 9 EPFs have been formed for rice, banana, grapes, mango, onion, dairy products, nutri-cereals, pomegranate and floriculture respectively.

Meetings of the EPFs are held regularly to discuss various issues affecting exports, such as SPS/ TBT issues, market access issues, plans for export promotion and capacity building programmes. Recommendations made by the EPFs are passed on to relevant authorities for appropriate action.

Efforts  made  through  EPFs  have  contributed  towards  increase  in  exports  of    products, during 2020-21, such as non-basmati rice (138.26%), onions (16.75%), grapes (5.22%), dairy products (7.84%) and banana (9%) .

- (b): The details of the amount of fruits and vegetables produced and exported, as a percentage of the GDP, for the last five years, are as under:

(In Rs. Crore)

| Year                                                            | 2015-16     | 2016-17     | 2017-18     | 2018-19     | 2019-20     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| GDP at current prices*                                          | 1,37,71,874 | 1,53,91,669 | 1,70,90,642 | 1,88,86,957 | 2,03,51,013 |
| Value of production of fruits and vegetables at current prices* | 4,81,405    | 5,10,407    | 5,88,077    | 6,02,929    | 7,54,761    |
| Export of fruits and vegetables**                               | 14,893      | 16,452      | 16,203      | 17,754      | 16,917      |
| Production of fruits and vegetables as percentage of GDP (%)    | 3.50        | 3.32        | 3.44        | 3.19        | 3.71        |
| Export of fruits and vegetables as percentage of GDP (%)        | 0.11        | 0.11        | 0.09        | 0.09        | 0.08        |

** Source: DGCI&S

- (c): The details of percentage of fruits and vegetables produced by Rajasthan, as a percentage of total production of fruits and vegetables by India, are as under:

| Production in '000MT   | Production in '000MT   | Production in '000MT   | Production in '000MT   | Production in '000MT   | Production in '000MT   | Production in '000MT       |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|                        |                        | 2016-17 2016-17        | 2017-18 2017-18        | 2018-19 2018-19        | 2019-20 2019-20        | 2020-21 (2nd Adv Est) Est) |
| Fruits                 | Rajasthan              | 995.60                 | 761.95                 | 968.45                 | 1015.79                | 975.17                     |
| Fruits                 | All India              | 92918.04               | 96447.00               | 97966.66               | 102079.85              | 102763.66                  |
| Fruits                 | Percentage             | 1.07                   | 0.79                   | 0.99                   | 1.00                   | 0.95                       |
|                        | Rajasthan              | 1795.37                | 1675.29                | 1652.62                | 1910.38                | 2119.66                    |
|                        | All India              | 178172.41              | 184040.79              | 183169.61              | 188283.83              | 196268.43                  |
|                        | Percentage             | 1.01                   | 0.91                   | 0.90                   | 1.01                   | 1.08                       |

Source: Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

The details of percentage of fruits and vegetables exported by Rajasthan, as a percentage of total export of fruits and vegetables by India, are as under:

Values in USD million

| Year                                                           |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| India's total exports                                          |   2454.72 |   2513.33 |   2540.9  |   2380.48 |   2608.33 |
| Exports by Rajasthan                                           |      6.04 |      6.07 |      8.8  |      5.95 |      8.2  |
| Rajasthan's exports as percentage of India's total exports (%) |      0.25 |      0.24 |      0.35 |      0.25 |      0.31 |

Source: DGCI&S

[Note:  State-wise  data  maintained  by  DGCI&S  has  certain  limitations  as  it  is  based  on information provided by the exporters.]

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