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India's export of agricultural and processed food products grew by 13% to $19.69 billion

 


As per the provisional data of DGCI&S, for the year 2022-23, an export target of $23.56 billion has been set for the agriculture and processed food products basket and exports of $9.59 billion have already been achieved in the first four months of the current financial year Has gone.

New Delhi: India's exports of agricultural and processed food products are set to rise to $19.69 billion in April-December 2022 from $17.5 billion in the same period last fiscal, according to a provisional report released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S). According to the data.

Exports of agricultural and processed food products have increased by 13% in the first nine months of the current financial year 2022-23 (April-December) as compared to the same period in the financial year 2021-22.

As per the provisional data of DGCI&S, for the year 2022-23, an export target of USD 23.56 billion has been set for the agriculture and processed food products basket and exports of USD 9.59 billion have already been achieved in the first four months. Already happened. current finance.

The initiatives taken by the government have helped in achieving 84% of the total export target for the year 2022-23 in the first nine months of the current financial year.

As per the provisional data of DGCI&S, processed fruits and vegetables registered a growth of 30.36% (April-December 2022), while fresh fruits and vegetables registered a growth of 4% as compared to the corresponding months of the previous year.

In addition, processed food products such as cereal preparations and miscellaneous processed items registered a growth of 24.35% over the first nine months of the previous year.

In April-December, 2021, the export of fresh fruits stood at $1078 million which has increased to $1121 million in the corresponding months of the current financial year.

Exports of processed F&V increased to $1472 million in the nine months of the current financial year from $1129 million in the corresponding months of the previous year.


Exports of pulses have seen a growth of 80.38% in the nine months of the current financial year as compared to the same months of the previous financial year as pulses exports increased from $242 million (Apr-Dec 2021-22) to $436 million (Apr) Is. -December 2022-23).

Basmati rice exports witnessed a growth of 40.26% in the nine months of FY 2022-23, as its exports increased from $2379 million (Apr-Dec 2021) to $3337 million (Apr-Dec 2022), while non- A record growth was registered in the export of basmati rice. 4% growth in the nine months of the current financial year. Exports of non-basmati rice increased to $4663 million in the nine months of the current financial year from $4512 million in the corresponding months of the previous year.

In the nine months of the current financial year, the export of poultry products registered a growth of 91.70% and that of other cereals by 13.64%. Exports of poultry products increased to $95 million in the nine months of the current financial year from $50 million in the corresponding months of the previous year.

Similarly, dairy products registered a growth of 19.45% as its exports increased to $471 million in April-December 2022 from $395 million in the corresponding months of the previous year.

Wheat exports have registered a growth of 4% in the nine months of the current financial year as its exports increased from $1452 million in April-December 2021 to $1508 million in April-December 2022.

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