EXPORT OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS
EXPORT OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS
(a). Total amount of organic food products exported during last five years and current year:
Sr. No.
Year
Quantity (MT)
Value (USD Million)
1.
2019-20
638998.42
689.10
2.
2020-21
888179.68
1040.95
3.
2021-22
460320.40
771.96
4.
2022-23
312800.51
708.33
5.
2023-24
261029.00
494.80
6.
2024-25*
263050.11
447.73
Source: Information provided by the certification bodies accredited under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) on Tracenet
*: Export till date 25.11.2024
(b) and (c). The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has not allocated any specific fund to incentivize the industries for producing the organic products. However, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under Ministry of Commerce and Industries provides Financial Assistance to its member exporters, including exporters of organic food products, for:
(i) Development of Export Infrastructure
(ii) Quality Development
(iii) Market Development
Further, APEDA is implementing the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP). The programme involves the accreditation of Certification Bodies, standards for organic production, promotion of organic farming and marketing, etc. Under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), operators are certified as per their scope of operation such as production, processing and trading. The total number of organic certified processing units under National Programme for Organic Production in India are 1016. State wise number of organic certified processing units is at Annexure.
This information was given by Union Minister of Food Processing Industries shri Navneet Singh Bittu in a written reply in Lok Sabha
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 635 FOR REPLY ON 28TH NOVEMBER, 2024 REGARDING “EXPORT OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS”
State wise no. of organic certified processing units under the NPOP as on 21.11.2024
S. No.
Name of State
No. of certified processing units
1
Karnataka
127
2
Gujarat
122
3
Maharashtra
113
4
Tamil Nadu
88
5
West Bengal
83
6
Rajasthan
79
7
Kerala
59
8
Uttar Pradesh
50
9
Madhya Pradesh
50
10
Haryana
43
11
Telangana
37
12
Uttarakhand
34
13
Andhra Pradesh
25
14
Punjab
20
15
New Delhi
19
16
Assam
16
17
Himachal Pradesh
13
18
Odisha
8
19
Chhattisgarh
8
20
Jammu & Kashmir
4
21
Goa
4
22
Sikkim
3
23
Arunachal Pradesh
2
24
Daman & Diu
2
25
Ladakh
2
26
Chandigarh
1
27
Jharkhand
1
28
Meghalaya
1
29
Pondicherry
1
30
Tripura
1
Total
1016
Source: Information provided by the certification bodies accredited under NPOP on Tracenet