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The commerce ministry said the export of products like rice, meat, cereals and dairy items in the APEDA basket increased 44.3 per cent to $4.81 billion during April-June 2021. Products in the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) basket are fruits and vegetables; cereal preparations and miscellaneous processed items; meat, dairy and poultry products; rice; and other cereals.

As per the data, exports of fresh fruits and vegetables increased by 9.1 per cent to $637 million during April-June this fiscal. Similarly, shipments of cereal preparations and miscellaneous processed items; and meat, dairy and poultry products grew by 69.6 per cent to $527.7 million and 111 per cent to $1.02 billion, respectively, during the period. Rice exports rose 25.3 per cent to $2.4 billion and the outbound shipments of other cereals jumped to $231.4 million in April-June.

The ministry said ‘the rise in export of agricultural and processed food products is the outcome of various initiatives taken for the export promotion of agricultural and processed food products such as organising B2B exhibitions in different countries, exploring new potential markets through product-specific and general marketing campaigns by the active involvement of Indian Embassies’.