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India's agri exports are off to a good start in the current financial year. Shipments during April registered a growth of 11.4 per cent (₹ 10,312 crore) and 9.5 per cent in dollar terms at $1,571 million over corresponding period last year.
Exports of rice, the largest commodity in India's agri basket, rose 12 per cent in volumes to 9.89 lakh tonnes on good demand for the non-basmati rice. Similarly, the shipments of buffalo meat jumped 11 per cent to 95,296 tonnes. Shipments of pulses and dairy products also registered an increase during April, according to the provisional statement from the Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Thursday.
However, products such as guargum, wheat, fresh vegetables and fruits have registered a negative growth for the period. Guargum exports were down by over a fourth to around 40,405 tonnes, while wheat shipments fell drastically by 70 per cent to 11,838 tonnes.
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