NATIONAL COOPERATIVE EXPORTS LIMITED

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE EXPORTS LIMITED

The Ministry of Cooperation has set up National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 as an umbrella organization to give thrust to exports from cooperative sector. This society will focus on exporting the surpluses available in the Indian cooperative sector by accessing wider markets beyond the geographical contours of the country, thereby, increasing the demand of Indian Cooperative products/services across the globe and fetch best possible prices for such products/services. It will promote exports through various activities including procurement, storage, processing, marketing, branding, labelling, packaging, certification, research and development, etc, and trading of all types of goods and services produced by cooperative societies. The society will also help in arranging finance, provide technical guidance, help in training and capacity building, develop and maintain market intelligence system, implement related government schemes and undertake any other such activities which will increase exports from the cooperative sector and other related entities.

Any multi-State co-operative society or any co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under any law relating to co-operative societies in force in any State or Union Territory is eligible for membership of this Society.

As per information provided by NCEL, so far 11,034 cooperatives have been granted membership as under:-

SI.No

Type of cooperative

Number

i.

PACS & other primary Coops (Class-5)

10793

ii.

Tehsil/ District Level Coops (Class-4)

216

iii.

Multi-State Co-op. Societies (Class-3)

10

iv.

State Level Co-op. Societies (Class-2)

10

v.

Promoter Co-operatives/ Organizations (Class-1)

5

 Total Volume and value of agri commodities exported by NCEL so far is as under: – Total Volume: 13,49,831.05 MT

Total Value: ₹ 54,03,01,47,854.00 (₹ 5403.01 crores)

Commodities-wise break up is enclosed at Annexure-A

The Ministry of Cooperation is working to strengthen the cooperative export ecosystem through Indian Missions abroad by requesting them to provide information to NCEL regarding the availability of market and introduce NCEL to the importers in their specific country.

Ministry of Cooperation (MoC) and Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MoSMED) of the Republic of Zambia for promotion of cooperatives have signed MoU which is aimed at inter-alia, providing required facilities and means for trade alliances between cooperatives of both nations.

Further, NCEL has also entered into:-

For the year 2023-24: Export Summary

SI.No

Agri Commodities

Quantity (Metric

Tonne)

Value (Rupees)

1.

Non basmati white rice (export duty)

230310.01 MT

9,931,363,187

2.

Whole broken rice (exempt)

32194.00 MT

1,070,769,516

3.

Fresh red onion

2530.00 MT

94,094,000

4.

Wheat grain

1025.29 MT

35,116,011

Total

266059.30 MT

11,131,342,714

 

For the year 2024-25: Export Summary

SI.No

Agri Commodities

Quantity (Metric

Tonne)

Value (Rupees)

1.

Baby food milk

150.01 MT

94,134,758

2.

Barley

30.00 MT

9,391,108

3.

Black lentils

75.01 MT

15,431,143

4.

Black pepper

15.00 MT

20,116,381

5.

Brown sugar

180.00 MT

25,344,221

6.

Chick peas

120.00 MT

46,626,692

7.

Corn flakes

60.00 MT

35,573,522

8.

Cumin seeds

15.00 MT

15,376,000

9.

Cumin seeds (exempt)

24.53 MT

9,072,604

10.

Fresh red onion

5039.87 MT

245,463,248

11.

Garlic powder

15.00 MT

14,949,278

12.

Healthy biscuits

29.99 MT

9,421,760

13.

Instant coffee

30.01 MT

28,713,860

14.

Instant noodles

30.01 MT

11,949,759

15.

Instant soup

15.00 MT

8,530,609

16.

Kidney beans

150.00 MT

34,337,140

17.

Loose tea

16.00 MT

7,452,418

18.

Millet flour

150.00 MT

39,655,386

19.

Mix fruit jam

37.51 MT

16,130,215

20.

Non basmati white rice (export duty)

280003.31 MT

12,527,069,648

21.

Oats

150.00 MT

39,374,725

22.

Potato starch

120.00 MT

47,907,618

23.

Raisins

60.00 MT

34,740,771

24.

Red lentils

75.00 MT

17,543,130

25.

Regular salt

180.00 MT

13,806,369

26.

Sorghum

1030.00 MT

53,219,557

27.

Sugar

15246.50 MT

686,168,800

28.

Sunflower oil

480.00 MT

86,163,010

29.

Tea bag

5.00 MT

6,861,244

 

30.

Turmeric powder

15.00 MT

7,351,652

31.

Wheat grain

0.001MT

178,047

32.

Whole broken rice (exempt)

775596.00 MT

28,450,081,863

33.

Yellow/black/red lentils

55.00 MT

11,506,543

34.

Yellow lentils

125.00 MT

25,798,919

35.

Yellow maize

3500.00 MT

111,581,750

36.

Yellow peas

150.00 MT

28,620,576

Total

1082973.75 MT

42,835,644,321

For the year 2025 to till date:

SI.No

Agri Commodities

Quantity (Metric

Tonne)

Value (Rupees)

1.

Whole Cumin Seed

84.00 MT

17,624,007.00

2.

Indian Parboiled Rice

520.00 MT

18,278,260.00

3.

Turmeric Finger

168.00 MT

25,948,440.00

4.

Indian Long Grain Rice

26.005

1,310,111.10

Total

798.005MT

63,160,818.10

This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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