(a) the details of the policy of the Government in respect of foreign trade of Estate produce and organic farming;
(b) the details of the export of organic bio-dynamic products from the country during the last three years and the current year;
(c) the details of total number of Indian companies having international organic certification; and
(d) the details of contribution of the States in exports of organic products, State/ UT-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)
(a) Ministry of Commerce & Industry has formulated the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for certification of organic products. NPOP is being implemented since 2001. Organic products can be exported from the country only when certified by an accredited certification body under the NPOP.
(b) The details of export of organic products during the last three years (2014-15 to 2016-17) are as under:
Year Export
(Quantity in MT) Export
(Value in Rs. Crore) Export
(Value in USD million)
2016-17 309767 2478.17 370
2015-16 263687 1975.87 298
2014-15 285663 2099.16 327
Source: APEDA
Data for the current year (2017-18) is not yet available. Biodynamic agricultural products are those which are certified under private International Standards like Demeter Standards. Data for exports of Biodynamic products is not maintained.
(c) There were 6674 Operators certified under NPOP as on 31st March 2017, which included individual producers, processors, traders, grower groups and wild collection operators.
(d) The State wise export of certified organic products under NPOP for the year 2016-17 is at Annexure-I.
**********
Annexure – I
State Wise Export under NPOP during 2016-17
S. No. State Name Exported Qty (In MT) Total Value In INR (In Lac)
1 Andhra Pradesh 348 11187.39
2 Assam 11 51.79
3 Chhattisgarh 32 290.41
4 Goa 442 18190.45
5 Gujarat 53327 33293.45
6 Haryana 5468 3507.07
7 Himachal Pradesh 9 14.61
8 Jammu & Kashmir 821 1047.34
9 Jharkhand 0 6.33
10 Karnataka 8538 16526.52
11 Kerala 4282 17649.10
12 Madhya Pradesh 141346 62599.93
13 Maharashtra 31629 18967.72
14 Meghalaya 1 19.61
15 New Delhi 45720 26364.51
16 Odisha 9 18.25
17 Punjab 205 171.95
18 Rajasthan 5760 5344.89
19 Tamil Nadu 1402 3108.23
20 Telangana 3511 4048.14
21 Uttar Pradesh 1999 3395.81
22 Uttarakhand 446 645.60
23 West Bengal 4461 21368.60
Total 309767 247817.67
Source: APEDA