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Exports of agricultural and processed food products under Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) basket has risen to over 15 lakh 30 thousand crore rupees during 2020-21 from over 83 thousand 480 crore rupees in 2011-12.
Top three products in the APEDA export basket in 2020-21 were Non-Basmati Rice, Basmati Rice and Buffalo Meat.
In 2020-21, Benin, Nepal, Bangladesh, Senegal and Togo were the top importers of Non-Basmati Rice from India.
Major export destinations for Basmati Rice were Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and United Arab Emirates. For Buffalo Meat exports, the top importing nations were Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt and Indonesia.
Commerce Ministry has said that the rise in export of agricultural and processed food products has been largely due to the various initiatives taken by APEDA.
These include organizing B2B exhibitions in different countries, exploring new potential markets through product-specific and general marketing campaigns by the active involvement of Indian Embassies amongst others.