India’s agricultural and processed food products exports touched USD 21.5 billion in current FY

Last Updated26/03/2022

The sector is all set to achieve an annual target of USD 23.71 billion in the current fiscal year.
APEDA has a share of more than 5% in India, achieving a record mercantile export of USD 400 billion in the current fiscal.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act 1985.
The Authority replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council (PFEPC).

APEDA has a share of more than 5 per cent in achieving this target of USD 400 billion of mercantile exports in the current fiscal year.
91% of the rice export target of USD 8.67 billion has been achieved by APEDA so far.
India has exported rice worth USD 8.62 billion, while the export of other cereals has jumped to 105% of the export target of USD 847 million.
APEDA has exported Fruit & Vegetable worth of USD 2506 million, which is 75% of the total target.
The cereal preparations and miscellaneous processed items have been exported about 89% of the export target.
Export of meat, dairy and products has recorded 82% of the export target.

APEDA organized a series of flag-off events where GI certified Dahanu Gholvad Chikoo, Jalgaon Banana and Marathwada Kesar sourced from farmers in Maharashtra were exported for the first time.
APEDA facilitated the first consignment of Leteku (Burmese Grape), a fruit rich in vitamin C and Iron, from Guwahati airport to Dubai, besides the fresh jackfruit from Tripura to UK and Germany through Guwahati.
The consignments of various items were shipped, such as:

Fresh ‘Raja Mircha’ also referred to as king chili was exported from Nagaland to London and Honey was exported for the first time from Assam to Dubai.
GI tagged Nendran banana from Kerala to Singapore.
Value added products from Jackfruit and Passion fruit were exported to New Zealand.
GI tagged Vazhakulam Pineapple to Dubai and Sharjah.
GI tagged Marayoor Jaggery from Kerala to Dubai.

28 States and 4 UTs have appointed the Nodal agency and Nodal officers and State level Monitoring Committees have been formed in 26 States and 4 UTs.
Twenty two States and 2 UTs (Ladakh/ A&N Islands) have finalized the State specific Agri Export Action Plan.

Thirty two meetings in the second round of cluster development through virtual mode have been organized. The major interventions required have been identified and existing infrastructure has been mapped.
Thirty eight Cluster level committees have been notified in several cluster districts across the States.
Exports of horticulture produce has taken place from the clusters of Anantapur (Banana), Theni (Banana), Nagpur (Orange), Nashik (Grapes), Chikaballapura (Rose Onion).
Synergy with Line Ministries for cluster development - Efforts have been made for synergy with the identified Clusters of MoA&FW (CDP-NHB), MoFPI (PMFME) and DGFT.

To give impetus to the export of potential products as well as to remove the bottlenecks in the supply chain, APEDA created Export Promotion Forums (EPFs).

Overseas accreditation has been granted to a certificate body for certification in the European Union.
Accreditation of a Certification Body for certification as per NPOP in the European Union.
The mutual recognition with Taiwan has been concluded. This was the first MRS under NPOP.
The accredited Certification Bodies has been increased to 32.
Export of organic products during April –February 2022 has been 700 million USD. India exports mainly to the USA, EU, Canada, Switzerland and Great Britain.

In order to promote the exports of GI products, as emphasized by the Prime Minister, two V-BSMs have been organized with the Embassies of UAE and USA.
APEDA officials have participated in several District level meetings for deliberation and promotion of GI registered products like Banganpalli mango in Andhra Pradesh, Gobindobhog rice in West Bengal, Black rice in Manipur, Assam ginger etc.
An exclusive new section for GI products has been created in the APEDA portal and 112 GI registered agriproducts have been identified.
Development of a traceability system for GI products has been initiated.

An MoU has been signed by APEDA and ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute (ICAR-CCRI), Nagpur, Maharashtra.
APEDA signed an MOU with Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur on 17th December, 2021 to boost farmers' income and exports from Madhya Pradesh.
MoU signed between Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology and APEDA on 5th October, 2021 in Srinagar on mutual areas of cooperation for enhancing exports from the region.

The rise in export of agricultural and processed food products has been also largely due to the various initiatives taken by APEDA such as organizing B2B exhibitions in different countries, exploring new potential markets through product specific and general marketing campaigns by active involvement of Indian Embassies.