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Agricultural And Processed Food Exports : Data

Agricultural And Processed Food Exports : Data

The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) has released the data of India’s Agricultural and processed food products exports for the first quarter of current Fiscal (April-July 2022-23).

  • DGCI&S, under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, is the pioneer official organization for collection, compilation and dissemination of India’s Trade Statistics and Commercial Information.
  • India’s Agricultural and processed food products exports rose by 30 % to USD 9.6 billion during in the first four months of the current Financial Year 2022-23 in comparison to the corresponding period of FY 2021-22.
  • For 2022-23, an export target of USD 23.56 billion has been fixed for the agricultural and processed food products basket.
  • Exports of fruits and vegetables registered a 4 % growth during the period.
  • Basmati Rice exports witnessed a growth of 29.13 %.
  • Exports of non-Basmati rice rose by 9.24% during the period under review to USD 2.08 billion.
  • The export of dairy products recorded a growth of 61.91% to USD 247.