Improvement in export performance of various agricultural and food products from India

22-Mar-2025 05:01 PM

📈 India's Agricultural & Food Exports Improve

🔹 APEDA Data (April-Dec 2024):
India saw strong export performance across key agricultural & food products in the first nine months of the financial year.

🚢 Major Export Highlights

🌾 Rice Exports:

• Non-Basmati: 93.30 LT (vs. 111.20 LT in 2023-24 full year)

• Basmati: 42.40 LT (vs. 52.40 LT in 2023-24 full year)

🧂 Other Key Exports (April-Dec 2024):

• Spices: 10.80 LT (vs. 14.20 LT full-year 2023-24)

• Oil Meal (DOC): 28.20 LT (vs. 42.70 LT)

• Castor Oil: 5.60 LT (vs. 6.90 LT)

• Groundnut: 5.40 LT (vs. 6.80 LT)

• Pulses: 4.80 LT (vs. 5.90 LT)

• Vegetable Oil: 2.30 LT (vs. 2.10 LT)

• Guar Gum: 3.30 LT (vs. 4.20 LT)

• Sesame: 1.80 LT (vs. 2.40 LT)

• Processed Cashew: 50K tonnes (vs. 70K tonnes)

• Other Cereals: 4.90 LT (vs. 16 LT)

• Milled Products: 2 LT (vs. 2.60 LT)

• Cotton (including waste): 3.20 LT (vs. 5.70 LT)

📊 📌 Key Observations:
✅ Rice exports remain strong despite competition
✅ Spices & oil meal exports showing steady growth
✅ Vegetable oil & guar gum exports maintain pace
✅ Final quarter (Jan-Mar 2025) will determine full-year performance

🏆 India remains the world's largest exporter of rice, spices, castor oil, and guar gum while playing a major role in the global food trade.