Lok Sabha Question No. 1307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Earnings through Meat Exports
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA, BHARAT SINGH, ANTO  ANTONY, KIRIT SOMAIYA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1307 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## EARNINGS THROUGH MEAT EXPORTS

1307(H). SHRI KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA: SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI ANTO ANTONY: DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

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

- a) the  total  revenue  earnings/foreign  exchange  earnings  by  the  Government  through meat exports during the last three years and the current year, year and country-wise;
- b) whether  any  target  has  been  fixed  by  the  Government  for  export  of  beef/meat including animal meat for the current financial year and if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether the Government proposes to impose a ban on the export of beef/animal meat and if so, the details thereof and the proposals, if any, received by the Government in this regard along with the action taken thereon;
- d) whether the Government provides subsidy to the exporters of beef and animal meat and if so, the details of the subsidy given to beef and animal meat exporters during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- e) whether the Government has received any proposal regarding withdrawal of subsidy being given to beef exporters and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग राज् य मंत्री )णममाता  ीीारमि ीीमीी((स्वींत्र प्रभार ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

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- (a) The  total  revenue  earnings/foreign  exchange  earnings  by  the  Government through meat exports during the last three years and the current year, year and country-wise is given below:

Qty. in MT/ Value in US$ Million

|         | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16(Apr-Oct)*   | 2015-16(Apr-Oct)*   |
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
| COUNTRY | QTY       | VALUE     | QTY       | VALUE     | QTY       | VALUE     | QTY                 | VALUE               |
| VIETNAM | 302558    | 944.37    | 524490    | 1796.32   | 633945    | 2154.39   | 279177.62           | 943.33              |

| EGYPT        |   71295 |   230.87 |   107826 |   338.22 |   128082 |   422.34 |   83494.00 |   265.86 |
|--------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|----------|
| MALAYSIA     |  115359 |   357.44 |   121713 |   388.67 |   130877 |   422.94 |    78697.6 |   242.26 |
| SAUDI ARABIA |   73850 |   238.94 |    80433 |   280.47 |    80845 |   301.51 |    38396.8 |   143.41 |
| UAE          |   47040 |   160.04 |    53568 |   189.2  |    52405 |   198.22 |    28759.5 |   112.92 |
| Others       |  482278 |  1349.99 |   500997 |  1474.71 |   473667 |  1420.23 |   221865   |   631.82 |
| Total        | 1092380 |  3281.65 |  1389027 |  4467.58 |  1499821 |  4919.62 |   730391   |  2339.6  |

Source: DGCI&S

*Provisional

- (b) As per the Foreign Trade Policy, the export of beef (meat and edible offal of cows, oxen and calf) is prohibited, hence question does not arise. Government has not fixed any target for export of meat of other animals in the current financial year.
- (c) As per the Foreign Trade Policy, export of beef (meat and edible offal of cows, oxen  and  calf)  is  prohibited.    As  regards  ban  on  export  of  meat,  presently there is no such move to ban the export.
- (d) Financial Assistance is provided  only for export of meat and meat products (and not beef exports) under the Agriculture Export Promotion Plan Scheme of  APEDA.   Financial  assistance  provided  to  the  meat  exporters  during  the last three years is given below.  Finance assistance for the current year is not available and is not maintained State/UT-wise.

| Name of the components                                                          |   2012-13 |   2013-14 | Rs. in lacs 2014-15   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| Development of Infrastructure (Specialized Transport Vehicle for meat products) |         5 |      0    | 0.00                  |
| Quality & Quality Control and development of Quality standards **               |         0 |      6.48 | 26.40                 |
| Transport Assistance for meat products                                          |      1886 |   1461    | 371.16*               |
| Grand total                                                                     |      1891 |   1467.48 | 397.56                |

* The transport assistance for the carry over cases of 2013-14 as transport assistance for buffalo meat export (which was earlier allowed only to West Africa) has been discontinued w.e.f. 1.1.2014.

**Funds allotted for R&D work and Standards formulation to National Research Centres (NRC) in Guwahati and Hyderabad in 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively. Source: APEDA

- (e) Does not arise.

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