Lok Sabha Question No. 1773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Agricultural Exports
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1773 (H)

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  JULY, 2022

## AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

## 1773(H).     SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

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

- (a) the names of agricultural products being exported at present;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to increase the export of agricultural produce in order to double the income of the farmers; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h ¼Jherh vuqfiz;k iVsy½

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

(a): 45 major agricultural products are exported by India as  given at Annexure.

(b)&(c): Agriculture product exports help farmers to take advantage of wider international market which  translates  into  getting  better  and  remunerative  price  of  their  crop  and  that  results  into increasing income of the farmers.

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## Statement referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1773(H) for answer on 27 th  July 2022.

The agricultural products being exported at present are given below:

|   S.No. | Agricultural products    | S.No.   | Agricultural products       |
|---------|--------------------------|---------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | Tea                      | 26      | Fresh Vegetables            |
|       2 | Coffee                   | 27      | Processed Vegetables        |
|       3 | Rice -Basmoti            | 28      | Processed Fruits And Juices |
|       4 | Rice(Other Than Basmoti) | 29      | Cereal Preparations         |
|       5 | Wheat                    | 30      | Cocoa Products              |
|       6 | Other Cereals            | 31      | Milled Products             |
|       7 | Pulses                   | 32      | Misc Processed Items        |
|       8 | Tobacco Unmanufactured   | 33      | Animal Casings              |
|       9 | Tobacco Manufactured     | 34      | Buffalo Meat                |
|      10 | Spices                   | 35      | Sheep/Goat Meat             |
|      11 | Cashew                   | 36      | Other Meat                  |
|      12 | Cashew Nut Shell Liquid  | 37      | Processed Meat              |
|      13 | Sesame Seeds             | 38      | Dairy Products              |
|      14 | Niger Seeds              | 39      | Poultry Products            |
|      15 | Groundnut                | 40      | Floriculture Products       |
|      16 | Other Oil Seeds          | 41      | Natural Rubber              |
|      17 | Vegetable Oils           | 42      | Alcoholic Beverages         |
|      18 | Oil Meals                | 43      | Marine Products             |
|      19 | Guergam Meal             | 44      | Ayush And Herbal Products   |
|      20 | Castor Oil               | 45      | Cotton Raw Including Waste  |
|      21 | Shellac                  |         |                             |
|      22 | Sugar                    |         |                             |
|      23 | Mollases                 |         |                             |
|      24 | Fruits / Vegetable Seeds |         |                             |
|      25 | Fresh Fruits             |         |                             |

Source:DGCI&S

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