India registeres 18.5 per cent growth in agricultural export

An increase of almost 18.5 per cent has been witnessed in agricultural as well as allied commodities export from April 2020 to February 2021 in comparison to a similar period last year. The country has witnessed tremendous 727 per cent growth in the export of wheat and  132 per cent growth in the export of non-basmati rice. Some other commodities like cereals, spices, raw cotton, soya meal and fresh vegetable also saw significant growth in export.

Total sales in this segment has been aroud Rs 2 lakh and 70000 crore. Even the imports during this period has recorded some growth.  The imports of Agricultural and allied commodities during this period witnessed a slight increase of 2.93 per cent. During this period, despite COVID-19, the balance of trade in agriculture has favourably increased.