Indias meat exports stood at Rs 22,074 cr in April-January of FY'17
The Dollar Business Bureau India exported around nearly 11 lakh tonnes of meat for Rs 22,074 crore in the period between April and January in the financial year of 2017, informed Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. As per the data, India’s meat exports stood at Rs 27,610 crore in the financial year of 2015-16 followed by Rs 30,201 crore and Rs 27,720 crore of exports in 2014-15 and in 2013-14 respectively. At present, India has as many as 81 companies involved in meat processing and its exports. These organisations need to be registered with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) as per the current foreign trade policy. An inter-ministerial ...
New seafood testing lab to give fillip to exports
Source: PIB, Government of India Commending the role of Commerce Ministry in facilitating the export trade from India, Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry, has said, “We are going to conduct the India International Seafood Show in Visakhapatnam.” She assured that whatever support is required to facilitate the export trade the commerce ministry will provide to develop the region. While laying the foundation stone of sub office and laboratory complex of Export Inspection Council at Visakahapatnam, she informed that this office complex in particular will be supported with state of the art laboratory infrastructure with latest facilities and sophisticated instruments are expected to meet the analytical requirements of seafood industries at Visakhapatnam, and save time and ...
