Essential agri commodities exports up 18% in Apr-Feb

Despite the Covid-19 situation world over, the country’s export of essential agricultural commodities for the April 2020-February 2021 period has increased by 18.49% to ₹2.74 lakh crore as compared with ₹2.31 lakh crore in the same period last year. Imports too have shown a rise of 2.93% to ₹1.41 lakh crore during the period.

However, the balance of trade has favourably increased to ₹1.325 lakh crore as against ₹93,907 crore during the same period in 2019-20.

The commodities which posted significant positive growth in exports were wheat, non basmati rice, soya meal, spices, sugar, raw cotton, fresh and processed vegetables and alcoholic beverages.