Sunday, 22 February 2026
In a major boost to export prospects of agricultural produce, India has registered a significant surge in export of agricultural and processed food products in the April-October period of the current Financial Year, 2021-22, in comparison to the corresponding seven-month period of last fiscal, 2020-21.
According to the Quick Estimates released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the overall export of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) products witnessed 14.7 per cent growth in terms of USD during April-October 2021 over the same period of the previous year.
The overall export of APEDA products increased from $10,157 million in April-October 2020 to $11,651 million in April-October 2021.
This rise in exports has been achieved notwithstanding COVID-19 restrictions. The significant rise in agri-exports is seen as a testimony of the government’s commitment to increase farmers’ income through giving thrust on boosting exports of agricultural and processed food products of the country.
The significant jump in exports of agricultural and processed food products during the first seven months of the current fiscal is in continuation of growth in exports witnessed in the financial year 2020-21.
The export of rice, which recorded a positive growth of 10.5 per cent, increased from $4777.35 million in April-October 2020 to $5278.95 million in April-October 2021.
The export of other cereals increased from $274.98 million in April-October 2020 to $509.77 million in April-October 2021 and the export of meat, dairy and poultry products increased from $1978.6 million in April-October 2020 to $2286.32 million in April-October 2021.
“We continue to focus on creating infrastructure for exports from eastern, north-eastern regions and hilly states, where infrastructure was earlier not adequate,” said Dr M Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA.
