India’s agri exports risen by 17.34% at USD 41.25 billion in fiscal year 2020-21

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In his recent statement, Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said India has recorded a huge growth in the export of cereals, wheat, non-basmati rice, maize, millets, and other coarse grains.

The United States, China, UAE, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Indonesia, Iran and Malaysia are among the largest markets for India's agricultural products. 

India’s export of agricultural and allied products grew by 17.34% to USD 41.25 billion in the fiscal year 2020-21, a top government official said on Thursday. Commenting on the statement, he further added that this growth momentum is expected to be sustained in the current fiscal year as well. 

Anup Wadhawan, Commerce Secretary to the Government of India, said huge growth has been witnessed in the export of cereals, millets, non-basmati rice, wheat, maize and other coarse grains.

He also cited that exports from several clusters have taken place for the first time, for example, the export of black Rice from Chandauli, and fresh vegetables and mangoes from Varanasi. Exports of only agriculture-based products (excluding plantation and marine products) increased by 28.36% to USD 29.81 billion in 2020-21 in comparison to US $23.23 billion in fiscal year 2019-20.

“Agriculture Exports have shown remarkable results during 2020-21. After remaining stationary for the past three years (US $38.43 billion in 2017-18, US $38.74 billion in 2018-19 and US $35.16 billion in 2019-20), the exports of agricultural and allied products (including plantation and marine products) during 2020-21 risen to USD 41.25 billion by recording an increment of 17.34 per cent,” Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhwan said.

Further, as many as 18 states — including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Punjab, and Karnataka — have finalised their definite action plan to implement the export policy regarding agricultural products. 

As part of the agri export policy, 29 cluster level committees have been formed along with identification of 46 unique product-district clusters for export promotion. The Commerce Department of the Government of India has been making efforts, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, for gaining market ingress for Indian products.

India has recently acquired market access for pomegranate in Australia; carrot seeds in Iran; Basmati rice and mango in Argentina; wheat flour, basmati rice, mango, banana and soybean oilcake in Uzbekistan; tomato, onion and okra in Bhutan; and oranges in Serbia.

The Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, in a statement said that pesticide residue problems have affected the exports of Basmati rice to the EU due to strict norms imposed by the European Union for certain chemicals like Buprofezin and Tricyclazole, which are mostly used in rice cultivation in India.

Export Inspection Council (EIC) testing has been made compulsory for Basmati exports to the European Union, which led to a decline in the number of alerts.

“Following its consequences, Punjab imposed a ban on the trading of nine chemicals, including buprofezin and tricyclazole, during the Kharif season 2020,” added further. 

Several efforts are also being made to make sure that the process for fixing Import Tolerance Limits (ITLs) for Buprofezin and Tricyclazole, by the European Union is not retarded.

When commenting on the question about SEIS (Services Exports from India Scheme), Anup Wadhwan said when the department would make a new foreign trade policy, “what we need to do for services will be taken into consideration following the feedback of stakeholders and other inputs”.

Suitable schemes and measures will be there for the sector, the Commerce Secretary added further.

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