| | APRIL 20228IN FOCUSIndia Records High in Agri Exports, Reaches $50 BillionIndia achieved a record high of agriculture ex-ports in 2021-22, which crossed the $50 billion mark, the Ministry of Commerce and Indus-try said on Wednesday. As per the provisional figures released by the Directorate Gen-eral of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), agri exports grew by 19.92 percent in 2021-22 to touch $50.21 billion."The growth rate is remark-able, as it is over and above the growth of 17.66 percent at $41.87 billion achieved in 2020-21, and it has been achieved in spite of un-precedented logistical challenges in the form of high freight rates, contain-er shortages and other fac-tors. This achievement over the past two years will go a long way in realising the Prime Minister's vision of improving farmers' income", the Ministry said.According to the Ministry, highest ever exports have been achieved for staples like rice ($9.65 billion), wheat ($2.19 billion), sugar ($4.6 billion) and oth-er cereals ($1.08 billion). "Wheat has recorded an unprecedented growth of more than 273 percent, jumping nearly four-fold from $568 million in 2020-21 to touch close to $2,119 mil-lion in 2021-22. Increase in exports of these prod-ucts has benefitted the farmers in states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and many others. India has captured nearly 50 percent of the world market for rice", the Ministry said.Besides, the data showed that export of marine products, at $7.71 billion, is also the highest ever, ben-efiting farmers in the coastal states of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and Gu-jarat. "Spice exports have touched $4 billion for IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE FARMERS BENEFIT FROM EXPORTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS MADE SPECIAL EFFORTS TO PROVIDE EXPORT MARKET LINKAGE DIRECTLY TO FARMERS AND FPOS
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