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India exported over 13 lakh tonnes of buffalo meat in 2017-18, up by 2%
Vietnam, Malaysia and Egypt are the three major destinations for India’s buffalo meat shipments.
India’s buffalo meat exports increased by nearly 2% to 13.48 lakh tonnes in 2017-18 but fell marginally in value terms to ₹25,988 crore, official data showed.
Vietnam, Malaysia and Egypt are the three major destinations for the country’s buffalo meat shipments.
According to agri-export promotion body APEDA, the country exported 13,48,225 tonnes of buffalo meat for ₹25,988 crore during the last fiscal.
In 2016-17, buffalo meat exports stood at 13,23,578 tonnes worth ₹26,161 crore.
As per APEDA data, the total exports of agri and processed food products increased by 10.5% to ₹1,18,819 crore during last fiscal from ₹1,07,472 crore in 2016-17.
Basmati rice export rose to ₹26,841 crore from ₹21,513 crore. In volume terms, basmati rice shipments went up to 40,51,896 tonnes from 39,85,210 tonnes in 2016-17.
Non-basmati rice exports too rose sharply to ₹22,927 crore in 2017-18 from ₹16,930 crore earlier. Quantity-wise, exports jumped to 86,33,237 tonnes from 67,70,833 tonnes.
Out of the total exports in 2017-18, cereals contributed ₹51,796 crore, while livestock products accounted for ₹29,712 crore.
Exports of fruits and vegetables stood at ₹9,744 crore while shipments of processed fruits and vegetables were ₹7,456 crore. Other processed food exports were worth ₹18,939 crore last fiscal.
