Agri exports may grow 15% in FY22: Govt

The government on Friday said that the country’s agri-exports are estimated to grow 15% in FY22, adding that export of products like rice, meat, cereals and dairy items rose 44.3% on-year to $4.81 billion during April-June 2021. Their exports were $3.33 billion in the year ago period.

Export of agricultural and allied products in 2020-21 grew 17.34% to $41.25 billion.

The commerce and industry ministry said that the initiatives taken by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has helped the country achieve this milestone at a time when the outbreak of pandemic was at its peak.


“The exports of fresh fruits & vegetables registered a 9.1% growth, while shipment of processed food products like cereals preparations and miscellaneous processed items reported a growth of 69.6%," the ministry said in a statement.

In April-June FY21, fresh fruits and vegetables exports were $584.5 million which rose to $637.7 million in the June quarter of FY22.

As per the statement, India reported a “huge” 415.5% jump in export of other cereals while the export of meat, dairy & poultry products witnessed a 111.5% rise in the first three months of the current fiscal.

The export of other cereals increased to $231.4 million in the quarter from $44.9 million a year ago while those of meat, dairy and poultry products rose to $1.02 billion from $483.5 million in the same period.

The export of rice, which recorded a growth of 25.3%, increased to $2.39 billion from $1.91 billion April-June of 2020-21.