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Growth in export of agricultural products from India

producttion and export Nov 4, 2021

According to the application study, the use of global food is expected to be profitable from $3.03 trillion in 2020, a compound periodic growth rate of 4.5%
2015 to 2020 (APEDA, 2014). Unsurprisingly, recycled food is an integral part of it. is 10 main action areas Create in India. India as a country has rich soil, good irrigation system and advanced technology . Technology in the field of civilization and livestock/horticultural products is justified Extraction. These advantages are compounded by the development of treatments in food processing in a country. All these livestock/horticulture related drawbacks make imports Economic proposals for agricultural products for producers and exporters. India exports 2.10 billion rupees worth of agricultural products to countries of color 2015-16 Main agricultural products and their goods in general agricultural imports .

Amongst all agro products, marine products ranked first with export of Rs 31183 crore contributing 14.83 % in total agricultural export of India. It was followed by buffalo meat (12.69%), basmati rice (10.80%), spices (7.79%), non-basmati rice (7.17%), cotton raw (6.09%) and so on.

Export potential of fruits and vegetables

India's diverse climate ensures the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables of all kinds. This country is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world after China. India produces Nearly 15 and 11 percent of the world's fruit and vegetable cultivation, respectively. by national Horticulture Database, India has produced 86.60 million tonnes of fruit as of 6:11 am. Million hectares and 169.48 million tons of vegetables from 9.54 million hectares 2014-15 (SR, 2016). The state of Gujarat accounts for 9.00 and 7.10 percent respectively India's fruit and vegetable production (NHB, 2015). India is the largest producer of mango, banana, papaya and guava. Marry. Vegetables, India is the largest producer of ginger and okra and ranks second in production potatoes, onions, cauliflower, brisket, cabbage etc. India has a large manufacturing base huge export opportunities.
Recently, fruit and vegetable exports from India have been slowly increasing.
This is due to the simultaneous development of cold chain infrastructure,
Increased productivity and quality through research, modern post-harvest technology, favorable government policies and various APEDA initiatives.

Fruits and vegetables are exported both fresh/chilled and processed.
Export of Fruits and Vegetables from India by Category by Quantity and Value
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Indian exports 3135 thousand tons of fruits and vegetables worth Rs 14495 crore in various forms viz. fresh fruit (504,000 tons worth Rs 3525 crore), processed fruit (450 thousand tons) worth Rs 3697 crore), fresh vegetables (1901 thousand tons worth Rs 4867 crore), processed vegetables (269,000 tons worth Rp 1913 billion) and fruit/vegetable seeds (11 thousand tons worth 494 rupees). Overview of the percentage of total exports of fruit and Vegetables, with the largest proportion being fresh vegetables (33.58%), followed by processed vegetables Fruits (25.50%), fresh fruit (24.32%) and processed vegetables (13.20%), while the proportion
Very few fruit/vegetable seeds (3.40%).

In terms of vegetables, both categories, ie. Show no. fresh and processed
significant increase in volume. However, in terms of value, both categories recorded significant growth by 13.50 or 14.50% per year. This increase could be due to price increases Vegetables, but also because of the increase in the US dollar during this period. Exports of fruit/vegetable seeds showed a significant increase quantitatively (5.90% of per year) as well as by value (17.89% per year) in the last ten years. Generally export fruit and vegetables did not experience significant growth by volume but were reported based on a . values a significant increase of 14.04% per year. The results show that fruit exports are growing well, but vegetables are not wider efforts are needed with the right government political measures to increase our exports in the future.

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