July Sees Shift in Agri Trade Levels
19-Aug-2025 12:43 PM
New Delhi. The latest monthly data released by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry shows that there was a change in the level of export-import of various agricultural and food products during July 2025 as compared to July 2024.
Under this, the export of rice increased by about 11 percent to reach $ 921.43 million. Similarly, the export of spices also increased by 4 percent to $ 347.52 million.
According to official data, during the period under review, the export of crops and vegetables increased by about 7 percent to $ 296.41 million,
the export of oilseeds jumped 23 percent to $ 151.02 million, the export of tea increased by 19 percent to $ 94.69 million, coffee jumped 67 percent to $ 174.24 million and cashew improved by 11 percent to $ 22.16 million.
On the other hand, in July 2025, compared to July 2024, the export of oil mills from the country fell by 35 percent to 8.540 crores and the export of petroleum products fell by 25 percent to 4.34 billion dollars.
In July 2025, the import of pulses from abroad fell by about 52 percent to 14.190 crore dollars, but the import of cotton and cotton waste increased by 39 percent to 12.031 crore dollars.
During this period, there was also a huge increase in the import of gold and silver. Similarly, the import cost of vegetable oil increased by 4 percent to 1.93 billion dollars and the import of fruits and vegetables increased by 29 percent to 28.182 crore dollars. There was a good increase in the export of dairy products.
Rice is exported from India on a large scale. In fact, India is the most prominent exporter of this important food grain in the world.
From here, a huge amount of rice of both Basmati and general categories is exported to various countries of the world.
Apart from this, India is also the largest exporter of spices. But it is ahead of other countries in the import of edible oils and pulses.
In July, the import of Desi gram, lentils and peas was relatively less, due to which the expenditure decreased significantly. But due to increase in the import quantity of edible oils, the import expenditure also increased.