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03-July-2019 18:15 IST
Import and Export from Agricultural Sector

As export and import of agricultural products depend on several factors such as international and domestic demand & supply situation, international & domestic prices, quality concerns and food security concerns no targets for exports or imports are fixed.

The share of agriculture sector in the country’s total exports, during the last three years, is given below:

 

Year

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Share of agriculture sector in total exports

12.07%

12.66%

11.76%

Source: DGCI&S

 

State/Union Territory-wise data is not published by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics (DGCI&S).

Overall exports of agricultural products grew by 2.64% in 2016-17 as compared to the previous year. The exports of tea, spices and manufactured tobacco grew by 1.56%, 12.22% and 2.41% respectively while the exports of unmanufactured tobacco declined by 4.65%. Some of the major commodities, which registered a decline in exports were buffalo meat (-4.07%), basmati rice (-7.75%) and cotton (-16.38%). There are several reasons for the decline viz. lower prices and demand in the international market, unfavorable currency movements and international developments like sanctions against Iran and Russia.

No study has been conducted to assess the long term impact of exports on the agricultural and horticultural sector by the Department of Commerce. However, it is expected that exports not only provide better market opportunities to the growers but also generally help in increasing their income.

To promote the agricultural exports, The Government has introduced a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy with the following vision:

“Harness export potential of Indian agriculture, through suitable policy instruments, to make India a global power in agriculture, and raise farmers’ income.”

Inter-alia, the objectives of the Agriculture Export policy are:

  1. To diversify our export basket, destinations and boost high value and value added agricultural exports, including focus on perishables.
  2. To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports.
  3. To provide an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and dealing with sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
  4. To strive to double India’s share in world agri exports by integrating with global value chains.
  5. Enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas market.

The Government has also brought out a new Central Sector Scheme – ‘Transport and Marketing Assistance for Specified Agriculture Products’ - for providing assistance for the international component of freight, to mitigate the freight disadvantage for the export of agriculture products, and marketing of agricultural products.

The Department of Commerce also has several schemes to promote exports, including exports of agricultural products, viz. Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES), Market Access Initiatives (MAI) Scheme, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) etc. In addition, assistance to the exporters of agricultural products is also available under the Export Promotion Schemes of Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Tobacco Board, Tea Board, Coffee Board, Rubber Board and Spices Board.

The details of quantity and value of exports and imports of foodgrains and other agricultural products, during the last three years and the current year, are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively. Country-wise details for the last three years (top 10 countries) are at Annexure-III.

Annexure-I

EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Quantity: in thousand units; Value: USD Million

 

 

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20 (Apr-May)

Description

UNIT

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Alcoholic Beverages

LTR

    2,32,179.33

          298.90

    2,41,013.37

          326.67

 2,31,601.93

 300.91

     24,470.87

       38.17

Animal Casings

KGS

            173.24

               2.06

       12,424.66

            50.68

 14,882.83

 68.27

       1,860.28

         9.18

Buffalo Meat

TON

         1,323.58

       3,903.49

         1,350.25

       4,037.11

 1,233.38

 3,587.15

          196.12

    553.36

Cashew

TON

               91.79

          786.93

               90.06

          922.41

 78.22

 654.43

            10.73

       84.50

Cashew Nut Shell Liquid

KGS

       11,404.76

               6.56

         8,325.16

               5.06

 5,300.66

 3.87

          651.15

         0.47

Castor Oil

KGS

    5,99,195.56

          674.73

    6,97,092.50

       1,043.99

 6,19,376.57

 883.78

 1,08,029.60

    180.07

Cereal Preparations

TON

            339.95

          531.70

            353.35

          552.61

 347.77

 551.74

            54.30

       87.27

Cocoa Products

KGS

       25,649.50

          162.18

       29,579.53

          177.47

 27,603.73

 192.69

       4,617.91

       30.16

Coffee

KGS

    2,88,613.37

          842.84

    3,17,828.97

          968.57

 2,82,889.02

 822.34

     56,749.99

    149.54

Cotton Raw Incld. Waste

TON

            996.09

       1,621.11

         1,101.47

       1,894.25

 1,143.07

 2,104.41

            66.99

    118.70

Dairy Products

KGS

       90,352.31

          253.73

    1,02,262.55

          303.05

 1,80,698.38

 481.55

     26,150.46

       71.90

Floricltr Products

KGS

       22,020.33

            81.55

       20,703.51

            78.73

 19,726.56

 81.78

       2,983.68

       13.45

Fresh Fruits

TON

            817.06

          743.23

            714.00

          761.79

 754.75

 794.04

          155.35

    154.15

Fresh Vegetables

TON

         3,404.07

          863.12

         2,448.02

          821.76

 2,933.37

 810.44

          449.73

    119.96

Fruits / Vegetable Seeds

KGS

       11,288.62

            78.16

       14,465.77

          104.04

 17,419.48

 124.92

       2,534.57

       30.91

Groundnut

TON

            725.71

          809.60

            504.04

          524.82

 489.19

 472.74

            85.97

       92.05

Guergam Meal

TON

            419.95

          463.35

            494.13

          646.94

 513.22

 674.88

            91.96

    117.43

Marine Products

KGS

 11,85,272.87

       5,903.06

 14,32,456.67

       7,389.22

 14,36,680.63

 6,802.24

 2,24,351.96

    996.97

Milled Products

KGS

    2,55,803.65

          121.37

    2,70,396.97

          136.01

 3,07,367.50

 151.46

     46,225.21

       23.13

Misc Processed Items

 

                     -  

          455.59

                     -  

          550.55

 -  

 658.35

                   -  

    106.10

Mollases

TON

            390.67

            47.06

            123.97

            15.06

 841.16

 83.76

          113.25

       11.53

Natural Rubber

TON

               24.46

            37.65

                 7.70

            13.89

 6.66

 11.02

               1.13

         1.90

Niger Seeds

KGS

       14,070.46

            17.46

         9,215.04

            10.84

 13,370.58

 13.64

       2,001.16

         2.33

Oil Meals

TON

         2,632.26

          805.45

         3,570.78

       1,093.16

 4,486.14

 1,511.52

          483.70

    145.05

Other Cereals

TON

            734.77

          212.30

            864.24

          248.59

 1,277.00

 349.06

            89.28

       36.15

Other Meat

TON

                 0.01

               0.03

                 0.45

               1.09

 0.85

 1.96

               0.35

         0.76

Other Oil Seeds

TON

            193.27

          126.00

            295.10

          174.79

 213.83

 131.57

            18.88

       13.27

Poultry Products

 

                     -  

            79.11

                     -  

            85.70

 -  

 98.17

                   -  

       14.23

Processed Fruits And Juices

KGS

    5,33,152.10

          584.79

    5,73,281.42

          646.92

 5,92,174.58

 639.65

     89,406.13

       95.12

Processed Meat

TON

                 0.14

               0.69

                 0.27

               1.54

 0.41

 2.00

               0.16

         0.90

Processed Vegetables

KGS

    1,92,855.77

          263.57

    2,12,203.36

          282.87

 2,28,872.64

 293.95

     38,164.28

       48.93

Pulses

TON

            136.72

          191.05

            179.60

          227.75

 285.83

 259.34

            28.96

       26.43

Rice -Basmati

TON

         3,985.21

       3,208.60

         4,056.85

       4,169.56

 4,414.61

 4,712.44

          864.03

    932.20

Rice(Other Than Basmati)

TON

         6,770.83

       2,525.19

         8,818.53

       3,636.60

 7,599.75

 3,040.22

          711.84

    293.82

Sesame Seeds

KGS

    3,07,328.55

          402.17

    3,36,850.37

          463.90

 3,11,987.34

 538.94

     41,637.11

       84.06

Sheep/Goat Meat

TON

               22.01

          129.69

               22.80

          130.90

 21.67

 124.65

               3.62

       22.98

Shellac

KGS

         6,065.00

            33.60

         6,530.85

            44.22

 6,996.04

 43.70

       1,039.16

         6.24

Spices

KGS

 10,14,453.31

       2,851.95

 10,96,322.85

       3,115.37

 10,91,789.68

 3,322.56

 2,09,119.92

    586.77

Sugar

TON

         2,544.01

       1,290.71

         1,757.93

          810.90

 3,987.96

 1,359.75

       1,189.20

    382.87

Tea

KGS

    2,43,429.62

          731.26

    2,72,894.98

          837.36

 2,70,300.12

 830.90

     39,617.55

    132.90

Tobacco Manufactured

 

                     -  

          324.31

                     -  

          340.37

 -  

 410.96

                   -  

       59.46

Tobacco Unmanufactured

KGS

    2,04,447.42

          634.38

    1,85,363.88

          593.88

 1,89,538.70

 570.28

     32,419.79

    102.26

Vegetable Oils

TON

               60.47

          116.29

               37.06

            87.83

 49.95

 106.79

               8.51

       19.79

Wheat

TON

            265.61

            66.85

            322.79

            96.72

 226.23

 60.31

            16.90

         4.42

TOTAL

 

 

     33,283.41

 

     38,425.52

 

     38,739.10

 

 6,001.81

Source: DGCI&S

 

 

Annexure-II

IMPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES

Quantity: in thousand units; Value: USD Million

 

 

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20 (Apr-May)

DESCRIPTION

UNIT

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Alcoholic Beverages

LTR

 4,52,717.72

       535.56

 5,63,769.85

       601.22

 5,87,940.57

       667.60

 1,10,410.99

    122.48

Cashew

TON

          774.51

   1,346.58

          654.02

   1,418.63

 839.64

 1,607.54

          137.03

    199.80

Cashew Nut Shell Liquid

KGS

       1,687.77

           0.55

       2,092.36

           0.88

 6,611.49

 3.02

       4,150.78

         1.47

Castor Oil

KGS

          107.21

           0.22

            38.37

           0.40

 223.82

 0.76

            48.05

         0.25

Cereal Preparations

TON

            66.46

         86.33

            71.10

       102.35

 90.24

 137.86

            12.24

       16.49

Cocoa Products

KGS

     63,611.90

       229.67

     71,257.55

       228.51

 87,593.24

 263.14

     14,433.88

       42.37

Coffee

KGS

     78,041.34

       138.20

     77,217.05

       154.73

 82,772.39

 137.67

     12,833.96

       20.16

Cotton Raw Incld. Waste

TON

          499.62

       946.88

          469.13

       979.32

 298.98

 632.98

            76.26

    155.72

Dairy Products

KGS

     16,906.34

         38.02

     23,393.63

         48.51

 13,643.20

 36.43

       1,573.81

         4.71

Floricltr Products

KGS

       5,568.39

         19.96

       6,241.10

         21.16

 6,374.48

 24.97

       1,974.59

       12.27

Fresh Fruits

TON

       1,057.51

   1,682.88

          994.70

   1,942.92

 1,124.18

 1,987.58

          230.80

    359.88

Fresh Vegetables

TON

               8.55

           1.66

            15.66

           3.98

 14.75

 3.40

               0.10

         0.38

Fruits / Vegetable Seeds

KGS

     14,073.87

         97.42

     16,051.46

       119.19

 19,725.77

 119.77

       2,116.14

       22.26

Groundnut

TON

               0.33

           0.21

               1.72

           2.02

 1.09

 1.16

               0.17

         0.18

Guergam Meal

TON

               0.18

           0.36

               0.43

           0.51

 0.72

 0.84

               0.40

         0.26

Marine Products

KGS

     52,015.03

         94.37

     44,713.34

       123.06

 56,933.36

 155.70

     10,170.18

       32.35

Milled Products

KGS

       3,555.95

           2.42

       3,275.70

           2.02

 4,184.83

 2.23

          769.02

         0.42

Misc Processed Items

 

                   -  

       315.61

                   -  

       349.00

 -  

 366.23

                   -  

       68.75

Mollases

TON

            13.84

           1.35

            72.85

         10.76

 4.47

 0.20

               8.30

         0.33

Natural Rubber

TON

          426.19

       652.57

          469.76

       829.15

 582.35

 873.26

            66.65

       99.03

Niger Seeds

KGS

     10,656.00

         12.38

       5,332.80

           4.49

 8,664.88

 5.80

       1,557.25

         1.11

Oil Meals

TON

          550.43

       145.30

          485.96

       115.83

 504.00

 125.26

          103.37

       24.17

Other Cereals

TON

          311.37

         73.30

          265.13

         67.27

 244.32

 67.92

            66.34

       14.80

Other Meat

TON

               0.59

           2.84

               0.78

           4.31

 0.88

 4.39

               0.16

         0.75

Other Oil Seeds

TON

          116.64

         58.55

          127.35

         56.47

 220.48

 108.60

            59.94

       29.72

Poultry Products

 

                   -  

           4.41

                   -  

           4.17

 -  

 6.01

                   -  

         0.90

Processed Fruits And Juices

KGS

     42,993.07

         81.73

     53,585.04

       124.78

 59,120.53

 129.68

     12,198.75

       20.60

Processed Meat

TON

               0.13

           0.67

               0.10

           0.50

 0.12

 0.59

               0.02

         0.10

Processed Vegetables

KGS

     13,323.28

         17.16

     15,335.42

         20.92

 18,093.79

 23.18

       4,762.93

         5.62

Pulses

TON

       6,609.49

   4,244.13

       5,607.53

   2,908.33

 2,527.88

 1,140.76

          418.94

    176.66

Rice(Other Than Basmati)

TON

               1.14

           1.08

               2.12

           1.89

 6.87

 4.56

               0.77

         0.71

Sesame Seeds

KGS

     69,028.83

         65.88

     26,269.59

         27.40

 87,538.04

 124.23

     44,687.80

       64.22

Sheep/Goat Meat

TON

               0.13

           1.27

               0.22

           2.07

 0.12

 1.55

               0.04

         0.45

Shellac

KGS

          459.61

           2.01

          466.92

           2.85

 640.96

 2.75

          186.95

         0.73

Spices

KGS

 2,42,293.68

       858.95

 2,22,325.65

       990.70

 2,39,901.34

 1,132.39

     28,433.91

    196.37

Sugar

TON

       2,146.15

   1,021.81

       2,402.98

       936.52

 1,490.61

 449.02

            77.43

       26.22

Tea

KGS

     24,893.01

         50.45

     24,938.77

         55.39

 28,719.38

 59.41

       2,859.75

       11.23

Tobacco Manufactured

 

                   -  

         34.07

                   -  

         28.85

 -  

 36.76

                   -  

         4.48

Tobacco Unmanufactured

KGS

       1,969.03

         11.47

       1,542.20

         10.78

 2,595.83

 14.48

          141.72

         0.41

Vegetable Oils

TON

     14,007.39

 10,892.75

     15,361.02

 11,637.48

 15,019.30

 9,890.32

       2,489.63

 1,540.35

Wheat

TON

       5,749.43

   1,268.64

       1,649.73

       364.50

 2.75

 0.77

               0.50

         0.19

TOTAL

 

 

 25,039.64

 

 24,303.84

 

 20,350.76

 

 3,279.35

Source: DGCI&S

 

 

Annexure-III

Country-wise Details of Export and Import of Agricultural Commodities (Top 10 Countries)

  1. Exports

 

 

 Export in Million USD

Country

 2016-17

 2017-18

 2018-19

U S A

            3,648.58

   4,643.83

   4,581.16

VIETNAM SOC REP

            4,327.88

   5,280.10

   3,703.01

IRAN

               880.48

   1,321.15

   2,283.41

CHINA P RP

            1,052.35

   1,175.65

   2,256.53

U ARAB EMTS

            2,127.87

   2,182.97

   1,907.86

BANGLADESH PR

            1,378.91

   2,241.42

   1,833.88

SAUDI ARAB

            1,457.03

   1,579.74

   1,623.78

MALAYSIA

               878.56

      910.73

      951.67

INDONESIA

               733.94

      652.87

      948.83

NEPAL

               837.04

      874.83

      913.34

OTHER COUNTRIES

          15,960.78

 17,562.24

 17,735.64

Total of Agricultural Exports

          33,283.41

 38,425.52

 38,739.10

 

  1. Imports
 

Import in Million USD

Country of Import

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

INDONESIA

            4,808.58

    5,745.44

    4,067.45

UKRAINE

            2,170.27

    2,073.38

    1,966.64

ARGENTINA

            2,353.63

    2,120.33

    1,785.71

U S A

            1,455.69

    1,833.87

    1,659.40

MALAYSIA

            1,987.68

    1,643.43

    1,643.35

BRAZIL

            1,454.45

    1,382.66

       950.04

SINGAPORE

                 55.43

         57.95

       638.18

U ARAB EMTS

               362.53

       362.53

       636.20

VIETNAM SOC REP

               382.88

       419.10

       470.48

COTE D' IVOIRE

               393.03

       353.82

       434.42

OTHER COUNTRIES

            9,615.50

    8,311.34

    6,098.89

Total Import of Agricultural Products

          25,039.64

  24,303.84

  20,350.76

 

This information was given by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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