Present status and potential of export in Horticulture sector vis-à-vis domestic
trade
Dr. Sudhanshu, Secretary APEDA
17
thJanuary, 2020
National Conference on Horticulture, NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi
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India’s Share Global Agri Trade
Source: UN Comtrade 2018
Exports: Share 2.4%
Rank 12
thValue $36bn
Imports: Share 1.7%
Rank 17th Value $25 bn
Total Agri Exports - 1.5 USD Trillion
Global Agri Trade
Source: Comtrade 2018
Major Players % Share
USA 9.8
Netherlands 6.7
Germany 5.8
Brazil 5.4
China 5.0
France 4.7
Spain 3.6
Canada 3.4
Italy 3.2
Belgium 3.1
Indonesia 2.5
India 2.4
Share of Agri Exports (2018-19)
Total merchandise exports $ 303.7 bn Export of Agri products (including
Cotton) $ 38.49 bn
Share of Agri products in total
merchandise exports 12.6%
Export of products monitored by APEDA
(48.6% of all Agri products) $ 18.7 bn
Source: DGCIS
Major Product Categories Exported
2018-19 (value in USD Mill.)
Fresh Fruits, Vegetables &
Flowers 1523
Processed Food 4190
Buffalo Meat 3587
Poultry, Dairy and Honey 580
Basmati Rice 4713
Non- Basmati Rice 3000
Others Cereals 339
Source: DGCIS
Product US$
Mill Grapes, Fresh 334.8 Pomegranates Fresh 99.0 Mangoes ,
Fresh/Dried, 60.3
Bananas, Fresh 59.4 Oranges, Fresh/Dried 34.7
Apples, Fresh 10.9
Watermelons, Fresh 9.9 Other Fruits (Other
fruits Include Lemons, Papaya, Pineapple, tamarind,
Melons,Sapota`) 48.6
Total Fruits Export 657.4
Export of Fruits (2018-19)
Source : DGCIS Grapes; 334.8
Pomegranates; 99.0
Mangoes; 60.3
Bananas; 59.4
Oranges; 34.7 Apples; 10.9
Watermelons; 9.9 Other Fruits (Other fruits Include
Lemons,Papaya,Pineapple,tamarind,Melons,S apota, Custard apple,Ber); 48.6
Country US$ Mill
Netherland 128.0
U Arab Emts 100.7
Bangladesh 81.3
Russia 46.6
U K 44.2
Other
Countries 256.7
Total 657.4
Netherland; 128.0
U Arab Emts; 100.7 Bangladesh; 81.3
Russia; 46.6
U K; 44.2
Major Export Destinations of Fruits (2018-19)
Source : DGCIS
Product US$ Mill
Onions 498.2
Mixed Vegetables 95.5 Potatoes Other
Than Seed 63.2
Tomatoes 36.8
Green Chilly 30.6
Shallots 7.6
Garlics, 5.5
Other Vegetables 39.9 Total Vegetables 777.3
Export of Vegetables (2018-19)
Source : DGCIS
Onions; 498.2 Mixed Vegetables; 95.5
Potatoes; 63.2
Tomatoes; 36.8 Green Chilly; 30.6
Shallots; 7.6 Garlics; 5.5
Other Vegetables; 39.9
Country US$ Mill
Bangladesh 168.4
U Arab Emts 110.9
Malaysia 80.7
Nepal 68.6
Sri Lanka 59.5
Other Countries 289.2
Total 777.3
Bangladesh; 168.4
U Arab Emts; 110.9 Malaysia; 80.7
Nepal; 68.6
Sri Lanka; 59.5
Major Export Destinations of Vegetables (2018-19)
Source : DGCIS
Potential Fruits & Vegetables
India is the largest producing country of Mangoes
India’s Production of Mangoes -2018-19 22.3 Million MT Major Producing countries in the World : India, China P Rp, Thailand, Indonesia , Mexico, Pakistan
Product Profile:
Mango
India is 6th largest exporter of Mangoes, Mangosteens, Guavas in the world
India’s Export of Mangoes - 2018-19 Qty: 0.05 Mill. MT & Value:
60.26 USD Mill.
Major Importing countries in the World are: U S A, China P Rp, Netherland, Germany, U K
Major Exporting countries in the World are: Thailand, Mexico , Peru, Brazil, Spain
Production Scenario
Trade Scenario
India's Top Export Destinations of Mango (2018-19)
Countries US$ Mill
U ARAB EMTS 22.78
U K 9.21
OMAN 4.47
QATAR 4.2
U S A 3.63
BANGLADESH PR 2.85
KUWAIT 2.33
SAUDI ARAB 2.09
NEPAL 2.0
SINGAPORE 1.54
Top 10 Total 55.1
Other Countries 5.16
Total 60.26
% Share of Top 10 Countries 91.67
Source: DGCIS
Global Import Scenario of Guavas, Mangoes & Mangosteens (2018)
S.No. Country
Total
Import India's status as Exporter
Major Exporting Countries(%age Share in Value) USD Mill. USD Mill. %age
Share Rank World Total
Import 2990.47 92.59 3.09 6 Thailand
(16.15) Mexico
(15.35) Peru (13.9) Brazil (13.5) Spain (4.01)
1 U S A 637.29 14.56 2.28 7 Mexico(56.6
1) Peru
(11.26) Ecuador
(9.59) Brazil (6.57) Philippines (4.71)
2 China P Rp 370.64 0.01 0 11 Thailand(88.
31) Indonesia
(5.71) Other Asia,
Nes (1.92) Malaysia
(1.91) Peru (1.23) 3 Netherland 287.45 0.2 0.07 27 Brazil(33.12) Peru
(33.08) Cote D Ivoire
(3.91) Senegal (3.45) Dominic Rep (3.42)
4 Germany 224.85 1.28 0.57 15 Brazil(36.5) Peru
(28.67) Spain (7.92) Burkina Faso
(3.79) Cote D Ivoire (3.14)
5 U K 179.47 12.62 7.03 5 Brazil(17.47) Ghana
(13.89) Peru (12.01) Pakistan Ir
(9.27) India (7.03)
6 France 145.5 0.75 0.52 21 Peru(25.07) Spain
(19.12) Brazil (9.43) Cote D Ivoire
(9.02) Israel (8.66)
7 Canada 101.79 1.17 1.15 10 Mexico(58.3
8) Brazil
(8.22) Peru (6.96) Thailand
(6.72) Ecuador (3.53)
8 Spain 100.72 0.05 0.05 22 Peru(40.71) Brazil
(38.35) Mexico (6.88) South Africa
(2.62) Netherland (2.51) 9 U Arab
Emts 87.27 26.43 30.29 1 India(30.29)Pakistan Ir
(24.66) Kenya (10.83) Thailand (6.3) Egypt A Rp (5.43)
10 Portugal 70.33 0 0 NA Spain
(41.29) Brazil
(37.94) Netherland
(19.2) Germany
(0.71) Luxembourg (0.36)
Source: UN Comtrade
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2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000 9220
6888
7659
5769
3919 3701 3481 3905
6938
4926
241 330
2599
8953
17244
10703
6067
5080
265 31
Domestic Price (Rs./Quintal) Export: Qty in MT
Analysis : Mango Domestic Price & Exports
(2019)
Mango production been seasonal, the production peak is during March to June
Production grows, price decline and export increases
Source: Agmark (Wholesale average price)
India is the 7th largest producing country
India’s Production in 2018-19 2.95 Million MT
Major Producing countries in the World are: China P Rp, Italy, U S A, France, Spain
Product Profile:
Grapes
India ranks 10
thin exports in the world
India’s Export in 2018-19 Qty: 0.25 Mill. MT &
Value: 334.78 USD Mill.
Major Importing countries in the World are: U S A, Netherland, Germany, U K, China P Rp
Major Exporting countries in the World are: Chile, U S A, Peru, South Africa, Italy
Production Scenario
Trade Scenario
India's Top Export Destinations of Grapes (2018-19)
Countries US$ Mill
NETHERLAND 113.61
RUSSIA 44.39
U K 30.61
BANGLADESH PR 29.5
GERMANY 25.51
U ARAB EMTS 16.11
SAUDI ARAB 10.82
HONG KONG 8.1
THAILAND 7.95
OMAN 5.79
Top 10 Total 292.39
Other Countries 42.39
Total 334.78
% Share of Top 10 Countries 87.16
Source: DGCIS
Global Import Scenario of Grapes (2018)
S.No. Country
Total
Import India's status as Exporter
Major Exporting Countries(%age Share in Value) USD Mill. USD
Mill. %age Share Rank World Total
Import 10965.92 391.18 3.56 10 Chile (20.35) U S A (9.87) Peru (9.72) South Africa
(9.63) Italy (6.84) 1 U S A 1833.77 0.02 0 20 Chile(50.64) Mexico (23.1) Peru (21.97) South Africa
(1.49) Argentina (0.92) 2 Netherland 933.21 97.77 10.48 4 South
Africa(28.01) Peru (15.76) Chile (11.2) India (10.48) Turkey (6.3) 3 Germany 913.44 60.54 6.63 5 Italy(26.25) South Africa
(22.84) Turkey (7.98) Spain (6.69) India (6.63) 4 U K 890.06 32.78 3.68 9 South Africa(19.7) Turkey (15.7) Spain (13.06) Chile (9.98) Peru (7.12) 5 China P Rp 639.15 5 0.78 7 Chile(42.94) Australia
(22.34) Peru (17.61) U S A (7.48) South Africa (4.38) 6 Hong Kong 503.49 5.24 1.04 9 Chile(39.12) Australia
(19.51) Peru (12.66) U S A (11.84) South Africa (6.43) 7 Canada 484.57 1.6 0.33 9 U S A(44.32) Chile (22.82) Mexico (9.83) South Africa
(9.7) Peru (6.95) 8 Russia 364.37 47.02 12.9 2 Turkey(26.89) India (12.9) Uzbekistan
(11.95) Moldova
(9.57) Chile (9.28) 9 Indonesia 319.52 1.96 0.61 7 China P Rp(54.35) Australia
(20.55) U S A (13.21) Chile (6.08) Peru (3.48) 10 France 279.43 4.15 1.49 10 Italy(47.66) Turkey
(11.87) Spain (9.02) South Africa
(8.78) Chile (5.83)
Source: UN Comtrade
January0 February March April May June July August September October 1000
2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
4711
4119
5622
4275
5246
5656
6094 5944 6321
5355
26363
73861
96098
32856
6823 1833 643 419 779 270
Domestic Price (Rs./Quintal) Export: Qty in MT
Grapes production been seasonal, the production peak is during December to March.
Domestic Price of grapes are more or less constant through out the year.
Production grows, export increases Source: Agmark (Wholesale average price)
Analysis : Grapes Domestic Price & Exports
(2019)
India’s Production in 2018-19 2.86 Million MT
India’s Export in 2018-19 Qty: 0.07 Mill. MT & Value:
98.98 USD Mill.
Product Profile:
Pomegranates
India’s Production & Export
India's Top Export Destinations of Pomegranates (2018-19)
Country US$ Mill
U Arab Emts 29.76
Netherland 13.03
Saudi Arab 8.6
Bangladesh Pr 6.52
Oman 5.47
Nepal 5.35
Qatar 4.72
Thailand 2.95
U K 2.74
Sri Lanka Dsr 2.55
Total of Top 10 81.69
Other countries 17.29
Total 98.98
% share of top 10 countries 82.53
Source: DGCIS
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2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000
4902
4991
5971 5760
5100
5615 5380 5776 5755
6743
6964
9560
7533
5501 4966
3552
5471
7820 8073
5169
Domestic Price (Rs./Quintal) Export: Qty in MT
Pomegranate production has different seasons in the year, the production peak varies as per the season.
Domestic Price of Pomegranate are more or less constant through out the year.
Production grows, export increases Source: Agmark (Wholesale average price)
Analysis : Pomegranate Domestic Price & Exports
(2019)
India is the top producing country of bananas
India’s Production in 2018-19 30 Million MT
Major Producing countries in the World are: India, China P Rp, Indonesia, Brazil, Ecuador
Product Profile:
Banana
India’s Export in 2018-19 Qty: 0.14 Mill. MT & Value:
59.77 USD Mill.
Major Importing countries in the World are: U S A, Belgium, Russia, Germany, Japan
Major Exporting countries in the World are: Ecuador , Costa Rica, Philippines, Colombia, Guatemala
Production Scenario
Trade Scenario
India's Top Export Destinations of Banana (2018-19)
Country US$ Mill
U Arab Emts 14.77
Oman 10.87
Iran 9.84
Saudi Arab 5.17
Nepal 4.61
Iraq 3.87
Qatar 2.53
Kuwait 2.33
Afghanistan Tis 2.18
Baharain Is 1.15
Total of Top 10 57.32
Other Countries 2.45
Total 59.77
% share of top 10 countries 95.90
Source: DGCIS
Global Import Scenario of Bananas (2018)
S.No. Country
Total
Import India's status as Exporter
Major Exporting Countries(%age Share in Value) USD Mill. USD
Mill. %age
Share Rank
World Total Import 14733.7 40.32 0.27 25 Ecuador
(26.91) Costa Rica
(13.26) Philippines
(12.87) Colombia
(11.22) Guatemala (9.14)
1 U S A 2592.17 0.1 0 16 Guatemala(3
9.54) Costa Rica
(17.4) Ecuador
(13.73) Honduras
(10.45) Mexico (9.21)
2 Belgium 1314.02 0 0 NA Colombia(29.
76) Costa Rica
(18.47) Ecuador
(15.89) Cameroon
(8.98) Cote D Ivoire (7.1)
3 Russia 1154.64 0 0 NA Ecuador(95.9
8) Costa Rica
(1.4) Guatemala
(0.8) Mexico
(0.78) Colombia (0.77)
4 Germany 939.77 0.24 0.03 21 Colombia(28.
02) Ecuador
(27.79) Costa Rica
(26.07) Peru (5.37) Dominic Rep (5.28)
5 Japan 911.52 0 0 NA Philippines(8
4.59) Ecuador (9.85) Mexico
(2.74) Guatemala
(0.71) Peru (0.66)
6 China 896.8 0 0 NA Philippines(6
7.01) Ecuador (16.7) Vietnam Soc
Rep (7.55) Myanmar
(4.03) Thailand (3.01)
7 Netherland 740.57 0 0 49 Panama
(31.05) Costa Rica
(22.59) Belgium
(14.44) Ecuador
(7.56) Germany (7.27)
8 U K 740.05 0.01 0 33 Colombia(29.
4) Costa Rica
(16.94) Dominic Rep
(15.39) Ecuador (9.2) Cote D Ivoire (5.05)
9 France 596.79 0 0 51 Cote D
Ivoire(31.23) Cameroon
(14.9) Colombia
(12.19) Dominic Rep
(10.35) Ecuador (9.29)
10 Italy 546.22 0 0 NA Ecuador(42.8
8) Colombia
(24.23) Costa Rica
(18.11) Guatemala
(5.07) France (2.6)
Source: UN Comtrade
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Price through out the year is almost constant.
Export of Indian banana is to limited countries mainly middle east due to unavaibility of transport protocol for sending by sea to long distant countries.
Payment problem in Iran have affected the exports decline.
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0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000
1930 1954
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2160 2183
2332 2303 2263
9409
14287
23117
24934
23363
15312
8059 7908
9802 10223
Domestic Price (Rs./Quintal) Export: Qty in MT
Analysis : Banana Domestic Price & Exports
(2019)
India is the second largest producing country
India’s Production in 2018-19 23.6 Million MT
Major Producing countries in the World are:
China, India, USA, Iran, Egypt
Product Profile: Fresh Onion
India is among the top exporter in the world
India’s Export in 2018-19 Qty: 2.2 Mill. MT & Value:
498 USD Mill.
Major Importing countries in the World are:
USA, UK, Malaysia, Germany, Canada Major Exporting countries in the World are:
Netherlands, China, Mexico, India, USA
Production Scenario
Trade Scenario
India's Top Export Destinations of Fresh Onion (2018-19)
Importing Countries US$ Mill
BANGLADESH PR 152.8
MALAYSIA 74.2
U ARAB EMTS 53.5
SRI LANKA DSR 51.6
NEPAL 21.0
SAUDI ARAB 16.3
KUWAIT 15.8
QATAR 15.4
OMAN 15.2
INDONESIA 13.6
Top 10 Total 429.4
Other Countries 68.8
Total Export 498.2
% Share of Top 10 Countries 86.1
Source: DGCIS
S. No Country
Total
Import India's status as
Exporter Major Exporting Countries(%age Share in Value) USD Mill. USD
Mill.
%age Share Rank
World Total Import 2863.3 300.4 10.4 3 Netherland
(15.66) Mexico (13.24) India (10.49) Spain (7.92) China (7.8) 1 U S A 445.0 0.0 0.0 21 Mexico(71.58) Peru (14.9) Canada (10.27) Netherland
(1.38) France (0.68)
2 U K 229.2 2.2 1.0 9 Netherland(32.
95) Spain (27.37) Egypt (11.7) Poland (10.87) Mexico (4.6) 3 Malaysia 181.1 99.6 55.0 1 India(55.01) China (15.49) Pakistan (12.47) Netherland
(10.14) Thailand (2.48)
4 Germany 173.5 0.4 0.3 13 Spain(32.64) Netherland
(28.07) New Zealand
(9.54) Egypt (8.07) France (6.84) 5 Canada 149.3 0.6 0.4 7 U S A(63.33) Mexico (28.71) Peru (3.65) Netherland
(1.23) China (0.78)
6 Japan 126.7 0.0 0.0 NA China(88.37) U S A (3.89) New Zealand
(3.58) Australia (2.08) Thailand (1.39)
7 Netherland 126.5 0.3 0.2 20 Germany(19.26
) Poland (15.61) Egypt (14.95) Spain (13.26) New Zealand (10.01) 8 Saudi Arab 119.8 13.7 11.5 2 Egypt(67.25) India (11.46) Yemen (10.81) Spain (2.93) South Africa
(1.54)
9 France 91.6 3.3 3.6 7 Spain(27.73) Netherland
(25.37) Italy (11.87) Poland (8.43) Belgium (6.25) 10 U Arab Emts 90.8 60.5 66.6 1 India(66.61) Pakistan
(12.63) Spain (5.81) Egypt (4.59) Australia (1.99)
Global Import Scenario of Fresh Onion (2018)
Source: UN Comtrade
Price increase in the domestic market due to less availability affects Export.
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0 50 100 150 200 250
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1189 1658
2702 2698
162
204 198
189
163 160 161
127 105
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Domestic Price (Rs./Quintal) Export: Qty in 000' MT
Analysis : Onion Domestic Price & Exports
(2019)
Product Profile:
Potato
India’s Export in 2018-19 Qty: 0.37 Mill. MT & Value:
64.15 USD Mill.
Major Importing countries in the World are: Belgium, Netherland, Spain, U S A, Germany
Major Exporting countries in the World are: France, Netherland, Germany, Egypt A Rp, canada
Production Scenario
Trade Scenario
India is the 2
ndlargest Potato producing country
India’s Production in 2018-19 52.6 Million MT
Major Producing countries in the World are: China, India,
Russia, Ukraine, U S A
India's Top Export Destinations of Potato (2018-19)
Country US$ Mill
Nepal 35.94
Oman 8.10
Sri Lanka Dsr 3.40
Malaysia 3.12
Indonesia 2.80
Mauritius 2.63
Maldives 2.22
Kuwait 1.96
U Arab Emts 1.24
Seychelles 0.67
Total of Top 10 62.08
Other countries 2.07
Total 64.15
% share of top 10 countries 96.77
Source: DGCIS
Global Import Scenario Potato (2018)
S.No. Country
Total
Import India's status as Exporter
Major Exporting Countries(%age Share in Value) Mill.USD USD
Mill. %age
Share Rank World Total
Import 4015.04 24.8 0.61 19 France
(19.69) Netherland
(14.75) Germany
(12.14) EGYPT A RP
(6.76) Canada (6.39)
1 Belgium 545.54 0 0 NA France(45.56
) Netherland
(27.54) Germany
(18.04) Spain (3.4) Israel (1.67)
2 Netherland 365.3 0 0 NA Germany(48.
81) Belgium
(19.65) France (18.01) Israel (4.39) U K (2.37)
3 Spain 247.31 0 0 NA France(65.69
) U K (13.93) Netherland
(10.61) Portugal (3.16) Israel (2.63)
4 U S A 243.6 0 0 NA Canada(99.9
3) Colombia
(0.04) Ecuador (0.02) China P Rp
(0.01) Peru (0)
5 Germany 239.84 0 0 NA Netherland(3
6.39) France (18.06) Egypt A Rp
(11.57) Spain (10.31) Israel (5.86) 6 Russia 217.88 0.02 0.01 18 Egypt (58.6) Azerbaijan
(13.29) China P Rp
(10.89) Belarus (5.48) Pakistan Ir (4.25)
7 Italy 187.55 0 0 NA France(42.82
) Netherland
(19.01) Germany
(15.63) Egypt A Rp
(9.38) Denmark (8.47) 8 Portugal 130.21 0 0 NA Spain(41.03) France (36.99) Netherland
(15.01) Germany (2.62) Denmark (1.74)
9 U K 110.92 0 0 NA Belgium(28.2
2) Israel (18.69) Netherland
(10.7) Cyprus (8.37) France (7.61)
10 France 110.52 0 0 26 Belgium(33.7
) Netherland
(28.22) Spain (16.21) Germany (6.43) Italy (5.81)
Source: UN Comtrade
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Production of Potato is round the year.
Export affects mainly due to the domestic and International price fluctuations, absence of transport protocol and requirement of pest free zones asked by few importing countries.
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Domestic Price (Rs./Quintal) Export: Qty in 000' MT
Analysis : Potato Domestic Price & Exports
(2019)
Critical issues in Export of Fruits and
Vegetables
Problems/issues No.
1 Low productivity of potential items (in MT/Ha) No.S. Product India Other Top Countries
1. Oranges 12.7 Brazil (27.6), USA (21.5), Spain (23.8) 2. Apples 7.4 USA (39.6), China (18.6), Turkey (17.3) 3. Potatoes
22.3 USA (48.2), Germany (46.8), Netherlands (45.9)
4. Banana 35.4 Indonesia (60.2), Guatemala (48.5)
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Problems/Issues no. 2 Lack of export oriented production, farmers mainly producing for domestic market and mostly linked to MSP.
Present Status The extension work is carried out by State
Agriculture Departments, Krishi Vigyan Kendra
(KVKs) / State Agriculture Universities mainly caters to domestic market requirements. The export focus is required to be given.
Action Proposed APEDA is working closely with Ministry of Agriculture.
APEDA has entered in to an MOU with NCDC for organizing the supply chain of agri cooperatives for ensuring export oriented production. Similar MOUs are being signed with SFAC and NABARD. The cooperatives, FPOs to be formed by NCDC, SFAC and NABARD in the production clusters would be imparted necessary trainings.
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Problems/Issues no. 3
To control excessive use of pesticides by farmers and Sale of unauthorized pesticides & chemicals for meeting stringent norms of importing countries.
Present Status Rapid alert received
Action Proposed Stringent monitoring is required and only the registered pesticides should be allowed to be used. Farmers to be educated in Good Agriculture Practices (GAP)
Year Fruits & Vegetables
2017 40
2018 40
2019 23
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
1. Only 5 label claims registered for Pomegranates.
2. No new label claims come over many years and existing chemicals used are not on label claim. This violates importing country norms even when farmers have followed all recommendation of NRC.
3. Following 5 pesticides approved for pomegranate as per latest database.
4. Not a single insecticide has a label claim registered.
5. This is compared to 56 approved chemicals by NRC solapur for pomegranate.
S. No. List of CIB approved Chemicals Type 1. Azoxystrobin 23% SC for
indigenous manufacture
Fungicide
2. Difenoconazole 25% EC Fungicide
3. Ethephon 39% S.L Plant Growth Regulator
4. Kitazine – 48% EC Fungicide
5. Propineb 70% WP Fungicide
Issue of Pesticides in Pomegranate
Problems/Issue s no. 4
Post harvest infrastructure gaps in the states
Present Status In all the states, there is a gap between the required and available infrastructure in terms of capacity of pack houses, cold storages, refer vehicles, ripening chambers etc.
Action Proposed 1. Under Agri Export Policy, APEDA has prepared the draft export action plans for all states so far. The action plan for the state of UP, Maharashtra have been vetted by respective state government.
2. APEDA conducted a study through Price Water House for 7 potential states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for accessing infrastructure requirement.
3. Logistic division DOC is conducting a study through Delloite for assessment of required logistics infrastructure in the country. The study report will include financial implications and to be published shortly.
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Problems/Issues no. 5
Requirement of pest/Disease free zones for Horticulture
Present Status Numbers of importing countries ask for sourcing of products from India from pest/disease free zone.
Action Proposed 1. Mango fruit fly free zones to be created
2. Rolstania free zones to be created for Potatoes
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Problems/Issues no. 6
Absence of new plant varieties is affecting the export oriented production
Present Status The status of some of the exportable agri produce facing problems of low productivity, frequent attack of pest and diseases hampering export growth some of the examples for varietal requirements are for following fruits and agriculture produce and their suitable processed varieties: -
Grapes, Oranges, Apples, Gherkins, White onion, Potatoes, Tomatoes
Action Proposed Respective National Research Centres (NRCs) needs to import required variety in consultation with exporters and APEDA. The trials would be required to be
conducted for propagation and multiplication of the importing variety for commercial production.
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Problems/Issues no. 7
Infrastructure gap at various airports/ Sea Ports/
Supply Chain
Present Status Certain bottleneck viz CPC, Mechanized Roller Bed Storage, High Penetration Xray, New Bulk
Containers dolly, mechanized work station with
hydraulic and weight verification, container scanner have been identified as gap at various airports.
Infrastructure gaps also exists in respect of Sea ports, inland ports.
Action Proposed Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Port authorities to study the issues identified and take appropriate action by providing necessary infrastructure in a time bound manner.
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Problems/Issues no. 8
Need for sea protocol in respect of certain products Present Status Export of fresh produce such as mangoes, pineapple,
citrus fruits etc. gets affected to long distant countries in the absence of established sea protocol.
Action Proposed APEDA got the sea protocol developed for Nendaran Banana through NRC Banana, Trichy.
A project has been taken up by APEDA with IIT, Kharagpur for development of protocol for mangoes and identified vegetables using informatics and artificial intelligence.
Similar efforts to be carried out by respective NRCs for the export of other potential fruits
Critical Issues In Promotion of Horticulture
Exports
Top 10 Products
Basmati Rice, Buffalo Meat, Non Basmati Rice, Groundnut, Grapes, Gherkin, Mango Pulp, Dehydrated Onion, Pomegranate, Mango
Top 10 Countries
Vietnam, Iran, Saudi Arab, UAE, U S A, Indonesia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Iraq
20 Potential Products
Banana, Potato, Fresh Flower, Dried Flower, Vegetable Seeds, Juices &
Concentrated, Jaggery, Ready To Eat (Ethnic Food), Individual Quick Freezing, Cereal Preparations, Pig meat, Poultry, Dairy Products, Moringa, Millet & Millet Products, Makhana, Potato Flakes/Powder, Biscuits, Wine, Organic Products
20 Potential Countries
Netherland, UK, Oman, Qatar, Philippines, Egypt, Russia, Sri Lanka, Australia, Singapore, Germany, China, France, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil
Identified Agriculture Products/ Countries for Export Promotion
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List of Notified Clusters Under AEP For Fruits
Product Region S. No. State District
Banana South 1 Kerala Thrissur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
2 Andhra Pradesh Kadapa, Anantapur 3 Tamil Nadu Trichy, Theni, Pollachi West 4 Maharashtra Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur
5 Gujarat Bharuch, Narmada, Surat
Pomegranate South 6 Andhra Pradesh Anantapur, Kurnool
7 Karnataka Belgaum, Mysore
West 8 Maharashtra Solapur, Ahmednagar, Pune
Central 9 Madhya Pradesh Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur
Mango
West 10 Maharashtra Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg
11 Gujarat Junagarh, Valsad, Kutch, Navsari North 12 Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur, Meerut, Lucknow
South 13 Telangana Rangareddy, Mehboobnagar, Warangal 14 Andhra Pradesh Krishna, Chittoor, Kurnool
Grapes West 15 Maharashtra Pune, Nasik, Sangli
Orange West 16 Maharashtra Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha
Central 17 Madhya Pradesh Chindwara, Agar Malwa, Shajapur
Product Region S. No. State District
Rose Onion South 1 Karnataka Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura
Onion West 2 Maharashtra Nasik
Central 3 Madhya Pradesh Indore, Sagar, Damoh
Potato North 4 Uttar Pradesh Agra, Farukkabad
5 Punjab Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Navashehar
West 6 Gujarat Banaskantha, SabarKantha
Central 7 Madhya Pradesh Indore, Gwalior Fresh Vegetables (Okra
and Green Chilli) North 8 Uttar Pradesh Varanasi
List of Notified Clusters Under AEP For
Vegetables
APEDA’s Initiatives for Horticulture Products
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APEDA Promotional Schemes
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1. Export Infrastructure Development
• Setting up of post harvest handling facilities.
• Financial assistance provided for setting up of infrastructure such as pack houses, refer van, VHT, HWT, cable system etc.
• Assistance also provided for processing facilities for addressing missing gap.
2. Quality Development
• Assistance provided for quality management system, lab equipment and testing of sample etc.
3. Market Development
• Activities covered include development and dissemination of data base and market intelligence, participation of trade fair, BSM, R- BSM, Events, trade delegation etc.
• Product development, R&D and enhancement of traceability etc
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Infrastructure set up
Fruits & Vegetables Sector
Government Exporters Total
Pack houses 30 186 216
Centers for Perishable Cargo
12 - 12
Vapor Heat Treatment
Plants 4 2 6
Irradiation Units 2 1 3
Flower Auction Centers 3 - 3
Meat Processing Units 4 104 108
Post harvest Infrastructure development
Gamma irradiation facility
Mango Packhouse
Grapes supply chain
Vegetables packaging for EU
Pre-dispatch Inspection of Fresh produce
Packaging Standards developed in coordination with Indian Institute of
Packaging, Mumbai
Fruits (6)
Oranges
Bananas
Custard Apple
Pomegranate
Grapes
Mangoes
Vegetables (12)
Chillies,
Brinjal (small & big),
Papdi,
Kantola,
Tindola,
Bitter ground
Okra
Yam
Arbi
Potatoes,
Onion
Baby corn Processed foods
Guargum
Dehydrated and Freeze Dried products
1. Packhouse Recognition Certificate for Horticulture Produce
2. Procedure for export of Grapes
3. RMP for export of Fresh fruits and Vegetables 4. Laboratory Recognition Scheme
5. Hortinet Registration 6. Product traceability
Quality development
Product
Registered Plots 2019-
20
Anar 1441
Overview
An integrated online service for facilitating testing and certification of fruits and vegetables for export was
initiated.
Product
Registered Plots 2019-
20
Vegetables 42
Product
Registered Plots 2019-20
Betel Leaves 140
Product Registered Plots 2019-20
Citrus Fruits 2
Product Registered Plots 2019-20
Mango 26,400
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Overview
An online traceability system, for monitoring fresh grapes exported to the EU initiated. An end-to-end system for
monitoring pesticide residue and facilitate tracing back from retail shelves to the farm of the grower.
Product Farmer Reg. in
2018 Export (MT) in 2018
Grapes 35323 121470
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Product
Registered Plots 2019-20
Grapes 32,722
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Buyer Seller /Reverse Buyer Seller Meet
Organised RBSM for Grapes in Mumbai & Nasik.
Break through in export of Grapes to China achieved which reached
6000 MTs from 600 MTs.
The First ever International Buyer Seller Meet on NER Agricultural products organized by APEDA at Guwahati. The conference marked the presence of more than 75 FPOs/FPCs.
Market development
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Market Development - Reverse Buyer
Seller Meet
APEDA organised first ever Conference cum International Buyer Seller Meet at
Imphal,Manipur. Progressive farmers / grower groups from NER also participated
in the event and interacted with the exporters.
BSM on Indian Food & Beverage products was organised with Consulate General of India in New York last week. Similarly, a BSM was organised in association with TPCI at Indo Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Toronto.
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Market Development – Export
promotion of Pineapple from Tripura and Mangoes from Lucknow
Trial shipment of Kew pineapple from Tripura to Dubai was sent by sea transit in reefer
Container.
An Export Promotion Program for Fresh vegetables (Okra, green chilli) had been launched in Varanasi
district cluster recently enabling the export of shipments to Gulf countries & EU.
Trial shipment of Chausa variety of Mango (10 MT) from Lucknow to Italy was sent by sea.
Usually, mangoes are exported from Uttar Pradesh to Europe by Air which involved high costs.
(Exporting mangoes to Europe through air cargo costs Rs 120 per kg against Rs 28 per kg when sent via sea route).
Market Access Obtained
Major Market access achieved recently through APEDA initiatives 1. Groundnut in Vietnam
2. Green Chilli in Saudi Arabia 3. Mango in Mauritius
4. Mango in European Union
5. Mangoes and Walnuts in South Korea 6. Grapes in Canada
7. Mango, Grapes and Walnut in Chile
Market access issues being pursued
Markets Issues/ Products
USA • Table Grapes
Japan •Table Grapes
China • Fruits and Vegetables (Okra and Pomegranates)
Iran Mango
South Africa •Mangoes and Grapes
THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION
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