Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Export of Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Arun Sao

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  MARCH,2023

## EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS

## * 210.   SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a) the details of total export of agricultural and processed food products during the last three years, year-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any new initiative for increasing the export of agricultural and processed food products from the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the fresh steps taken by the Government to ensure that quality of agricultural and processed food products are exported from the country?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=h ( Jh ih;w'k xks;y )

THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  210  FOR  ANSWER  ON  15 th   MARCH,2023  REGARDING  'EXPORT  OF AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS'

(a): Year-wise details of India's exports of agricultural and processed food products are at Annexure.

(b): 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 utilising the District as Export Hub (DEH) Initiative to achieve the objectives of Agriculture Export Policy. Under the  DEH  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 organized.

(c): The  exporters  are  required  to  follow  quality  standards  set  by  international  standard  organizations viz.,  Codex,  World  Organisation  for  Animal  Health  (Office  International  des  Epizooties  -OIE)  and International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) or the standards set by the importing country. In order to  ensure  sound  development  of  export  trade  of  India  through  Quality  Control  and  Inspection,  the Government has set up Export Inspection Council, under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963). EIC, a statutory body under Department of Commerce, is empowered under the Act to notify commodities which will be subject to quality control and/ or inspection prior to export;  establish  standards  of  quality  for  such  notified  commodities;  and  specify  the  type  of  quality control and / or inspection to be applied to such commodities. In addition, APEDA, MPEDA and other commodity  boards  establish  product  and  market-specific  quality  assurance  mechanisms  as  per  the requirements of the importing countries.

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## Annexure related to the reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 210 for answer on 15.03.2023.

| INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   | INDIA'S EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURE &PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                           |                                                           | 2019-20                                                   | 2019-20                                                   | 2020-21                                                   | 2020-21                                                   | Value in USD Million 2021-22                              | Value in USD Million 2021-22                              |
| DESCRIPTION                                               | Unit                                                      | Qty.                                                      | Value                                                     | Qty.                                                      | Value                                                     | Qty.                                                      | Value                                                     |
| MARINE PRODUCTS                                           | KGS                                                       | 13290.31                                                  | 6722.07                                                   | 11677.58                                                  | 5962.39                                                   | 13980.14                                                  | 7772.36                                                   |
| RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI)                                  | TON                                                       | 50.56                                                     | 2031.25                                                   | 131.49                                                    | 4810.80                                                   | 172.89                                                    | 6133.63                                                   |
| SUGAR                                                     | TON                                                       | 57.99                                                     | 1966.44                                                   | 75.18                                                     | 2789.91                                                   | 104.57                                                    | 4602.65                                                   |
| SPICES                                                    | KGS                                                       | 11934.41                                                  | 3621.38                                                   | 16070.59                                                  | 3983.98                                                   | 14277.18                                                  | 3896.03                                                   |
| RICE -BASMOTI                                             | TON                                                       | 44.55                                                     | 4372.00                                                   | 46.30                                                     | 4018.41                                                   | 39.44                                                     | 3537.49                                                   |
| BUFFALO MEAT                                              | TON                                                       | 11.52                                                     | 3199.60                                                   | 10.86                                                     | 3171.13                                                   | 11.75                                                     | 3303.78                                                   |
| COTTON RAWINCLD. WASTE                                    | TON                                                       | 6.58                                                      | 1057.34                                                   | 12.14                                                     | 1897.21                                                   | 12.59                                                     | 2816.24                                                   |
| WHEAT                                                     | TON                                                       | 2.20                                                      | 62.82                                                     | 21.55                                                     | 567.93                                                    | 72.45                                                     | 2122.13                                                   |
| CASTOR OIL                                                | KGS                                                       | 5939.07                                                   | 894.36                                                    | 7343.36                                                   | 917.24                                                    | 7152.10                                                   | 1175.50                                                   |
| MISC PROCESSED ITEMS                                      | NA                                                        | 0.00                                                      | 647.07                                                    | 0.00                                                      | 866.04                                                    | 0.00                                                      | 1169.05                                                   |
| OTHER CEREALS                                             | TON                                                       | 5.01                                                      | 205.19                                                    | 30.76                                                     | 705.38                                                    | 38.59                                                     | 1087.39                                                   |
| OIL MEALS                                                 | TON                                                       | 26.56                                                     | 827.90                                                    | 43.67                                                     | 1585.04                                                   | 29.26                                                     | 1031.94                                                   |
| COFFEE                                                    | KGS                                                       | 2570.32                                                   | 738.86                                                    | 2452.10                                                   | 719.66                                                    | 3330.99                                                   | 1020.74                                                   |
| FRESH FRUITS                                              | TON                                                       | 8.35                                                      | 770.25                                                    | 9.73                                                      | 768.54                                                    | 11.66                                                     | 877.22                                                    |
| FRESH VEGETABLES                                          | TON                                                       | 19.31                                                     | 651.68                                                    | 23.40                                                     | 723.97                                                    | 24.68                                                     | 815.26                                                    |
| PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES                               | KGS                                                       | 5688.83                                                   | 646.83                                                    | 5328.71                                                   | 695.56                                                    | 6297.04                                                   | 778.30                                                    |
| TEA                                                       | KGS                                                       | 2548.01                                                   | 826.53                                                    | 2126.88                                                   | 756.26                                                    | 2086.14                                                   | 751.07                                                    |
| CEREAL PREPARATIONS                                       | TON                                                       | 3.43                                                      | 548.29                                                    | 4.04                                                      | 636.97                                                    | 4.16                                                      | 652.49                                                    |
| DAIRY PRODUCTS                                            | KGS                                                       | 1111.72                                                   | 280.43                                                    | 1183.34                                                   | 323.09                                                    | 1919.54                                                   | 634.89                                                    |
| GROUNDNUT                                                 | TON                                                       | 6.64                                                      | 715.81                                                    | 6.38                                                      | 727.21                                                    | 5.14                                                      | 629.28                                                    |
| AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS                                 | KGS                                                       | 922.42                                                    | 428.08                                                    | 1205.58                                                   | 539.88                                                    | 1261.12                                                   | 612.12                                                    |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED                                    | KGS                                                       | 1818.42                                                   | 530.38                                                    | 1782.97                                                   | 517.54                                                    | 1962.61                                                   | 570.40                                                    |
| CASHEW                                                    | TON                                                       | 0.84                                                      | 566.82                                                    | 0.70                                                      | 420.43                                                    | 0.75                                                      | 453.08                                                    |
| GUERGAM MEAL                                              | TON                                                       | 3.82                                                      | 461.53                                                    | 2.35                                                      | 262.99                                                    | 3.22                                                      | 447.61                                                    |
| PROCESSED VEGETABLES                                      | KGS                                                       | 2233.08                                                   | 311.71                                                    | 3670.99                                                   | 424.70                                                    | 3082.75                                                   | 412.29                                                    |
| SESAME SEEDS                                              | KGS                                                       | 2822.57                                                   | 525.57                                                    | 2732.60                                                   | 425.64                                                    | 2421.46                                                   | 407.15                                                    |
| PULSES                                                    | TON                                                       | 2.32                                                      | 213.67                                                    | 2.77                                                      | 265.57                                                    | 3.87                                                      | 359.41                                                    |
| TOBACCO MANUFACTURED                                      | NA                                                        | 0.00                                                      | 374.77                                                    | 0.00                                                      | 359.17                                                    | 0.00                                                      | 353.17                                                    |
| MILLED PRODUCTS                                           | KGS                                                       | 2864.50                                                   | 151.56                                                    | 3970.56                                                   | 207.13                                                    | 6995.65                                                   | 305.49                                                    |
| ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES                                       | LTR                                                       | 1394.53                                                   | 232.68                                                    | 2503.33                                                   | 330.22                                                    | 2009.21                                                   | 274.07                                                    |
| VEGETABLE OILS                                            | TON                                                       | 0.85                                                      | 170.09                                                    | 3.02                                                      | 604.12                                                    | 0.98                                                      | 221.01                                                    |
| MOLLASES                                                  | TON                                                       | 5.94                                                      | 72.97                                                     | 13.18                                                     | 178.75                                                    | 14.05                                                     | 217.92                                                    |
| COCOA PRODUCTS                                            | KGS                                                       | 274.33                                                    | 180.10                                                    | 257.77                                                    | 149.78                                                    | 273.23                                                    | 153.68                                                    |
| FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS                                  | KGS                                                       | 192.22                                                    | 109.24                                                    | 322.85                                                    | 125.16                                                    | 209.89                                                    | 113.34                                                    |
| SHELLAC                                                   | KGS                                                       | 71.74                                                     | 57.90                                                     | 78.76                                                     | 87.83                                                     | 84.86                                                     | 105.80                                                    |
| FLORICLTR PRODUCTS                                        | KGS                                                       | 169.49                                                    | 76.52                                                     | 156.95                                                    | 77.84                                                     | 236.95                                                    | 103.61                                                    |
| POULTRY PRODUCTS                                          | NA                                                        | 0.00                                                      | 81.04                                                     | 0.00                                                      | 58.70                                                     | 0.00                                                      | 71.04                                                     |
| OTHER OIL SEEDS                                           | TON                                                       | 0.90                                                      | 61.79                                                     | 0.85                                                      | 61.24                                                     | 0.60                                                      | 68.92                                                     |
| ANIMAL CASINGS                                            | KGS                                                       | 128.16                                                    | 56.10                                                     | 138.88                                                    | 56.23                                                     | 138.27                                                    | 63.54                                                     |
| SHEEP/GOAT MEAT                                           | TON                                                       | 0.14                                                      | 92.62                                                     | 0.07                                                      | 44.64                                                     | 0.09                                                      | 60.11                                                     |
| NIGER SEEDS                                               | KGS                                                       | 138.31                                                    | 14.91                                                     | 195.91                                                    | 21.58                                                     | 60.30                                                     | 8.30                                                      |
| NATURAL RUBBER                                            | TON                                                       | 0.13                                                      | 21.71                                                     | 0.11                                                      | 16.67                                                     | 0.04                                                      | 7.24                                                      |
| OTHER MEAT                                                | TON                                                       | 0.01                                                      | 2.35                                                      | 0.01                                                      | 2.47                                                      | 0.02                                                      | 6.11                                                      |
| CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID                                   | KGS                                                       | 46.05                                                     | 3.25                                                      | 37.36                                                     | 2.66                                                      | 49.44                                                     | 4.36                                                      |
| PROCESSED MEAT                                            | TON                                                       | 0.00                                                      | 2.17                                                      | 0.01                                                      | 1.71                                                      | 0.00                                                      | 1.55                                                      |
| TOTAL                                                     |                                                           |                                                           | 35585.62                                                  |                                                           | 41869.37                                                  |                                                           | 50208.74                                                  |

Source: DGCI&S

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