Export of agri-commodities, together with basmati rice, declined to 17.93 lakh tonnes in September this yr in comparison with 27.94 lakh tonnes within the earlier month.

Export of agri-commodities, together with basmati rice, declined to 17.93 lakh tonnes in September this yr in comparison with 27.94 lakh tonnes within the earlier month, based on agri-export promotion physique APEDA.

Exports of agri-commodities in April and Could have been round 33 lakh tonnes every. Nonetheless, shipments of farm gadgets fell to almost 18 lakh tonnes resulting from a number of restrictions on the export of varied types of rice, together with damaged rice and non-basmati white rice.

Export of agricultural gadgets stood at 27.94 lakh tonnes in August of the 2023-24 fiscal, based on the information maintained by the Agricultural and Processed Meals Merchandise Export Improvement Authority (APEDA).

In worth phrases, the export of farm gadgets declined to ₹14,153 crore throughout September from ₹18,128 crore in August of this fiscal.

A lot of the exports in September have been non-basmati exports which stood at 4.25 lakh tonne, basmati rice at 1.21 lakh tonne, contemporary onions at 1.51 lakh tonne, and buffalo meat at 1,21,427 tonne, the information confirmed.

Whole export of agri-commodities in April-September stood at 172.27 lakh tonnes.

The export of sure agricultural commodities has taken a success this yr due to the prohibition on numerous types of rice, the imposition of a minimal export value on basmati rice to spice up home provide and examine meals inflation.

APEDA maintains information on the export of 47 agricultural commodities together with meat and poultry merchandise.