Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Export of Organic Produce

Posted On: 10 APR 2017 2:24PM by PIB Delhi

Ministry of Commerce & Industry has formulated the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for certification of organic products. NPOP is being implemented since 2001. Organic products can be exported from the country only when certified by an accredited certification body under the NPOP.

 

            The details of export of organic products during the last three years (2014-15 to 2016-17) are as under:

Year

Export

 (Quantity in MT)

Export

(Value in Rs. Crore)

Export

(Value in USD million)

2016-17

309767

2478.17

370

2015-16

263687

1975.87

298

2014-15

285663

2099.16

327

Source: APEDA

 

            Data for the current year (2017-18) is not yet available. Biodynamic agricultural products are those which are certified under private International Standards like Demeter Standards. Data for exports of Biodynamic products is not maintained.

 

            There were 6674 Operators certified under NPOP as on 31st March 2017, which included individual producers, processors, traders, grower groups and wild collection operators.

 

            The State wise export of certified organic products under NPOP for the year 2016-17 is at Annexure-I.

 

This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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Annexure – I

 

State Wise Export under NPOP during 2016-17

S. No.

State Name

Exported Qty (In MT)

Total Value In INR (In Lac)

1

Andhra Pradesh

348

11187.39

2

Assam

11

51.79

3

Chhattisgarh

32

290.41

4

Goa

442

18190.45

5

Gujarat

53327

33293.45

6

Haryana

5468

3507.07

7

Himachal Pradesh

9

14.61

8

Jammu & Kashmir

821

1047.34

9

Jharkhand

0

6.33

10

Karnataka

8538

16526.52

11

Kerala

4282

17649.10

12

Madhya Pradesh

141346

62599.93

13

Maharashtra

31629

18967.72

14

Meghalaya

1

19.61

15

New Delhi

45720

26364.51

16

Odisha

9

18.25

17

Punjab

205

171.95

18

Rajasthan

5760

5344.89

19

Tamil Nadu

1402

3108.23

20

Telangana

3511

4048.14

21

Uttar Pradesh

1999

3395.81

22

Uttarakhand

446

645.60

23

West Bengal

4461

21368.60

Total

309767

247817.67

Source: APEDA

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