APEDA’s financial aid boosts India’s fruit and veggie exports by 48%

New Delhi: India has made remarkable progress in the exports of fruit and vegetable exports, boosting by 47.3% in volume between 2019-20 and 2023-24, as per the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The amazing success is attributed to the financial support from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Department of Commerce. Currently, India’s fresh fruits and vegetables could be seen on the shelves of 123 countries.

Credit should be given to APEDA for increasing exports because it helped in the development of world-class infrastructure, providing financial support for the establishment of pack houses, grading and packing lines, pre-cooling units, cold storage, refrigerated transport, and advanced treatment facilities like irradiation and vapor heat treatment. Such facilities help in making Indian produce of world-class quality.

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APEDA organizes trade fairs and sellers and buyers meetings at regular intervals, and it also tries to improve the packaging of fruits and vegetables to meet the world standard. Therefore, it has left no stone unturned in helping Indian exporters to keep upgrading their produce. This has opened several new markets for India in recent time, such as Brazil, Georgia, Uganda, Papua New Guinea, the Czech Republic, and Ghana.

Despite success, Indian produce has to face numerous challenges in getting new markets, including logistics costs, severe import rules, and sluggish registration laws in several nations. The Department of Commerce is working on overcoming such challenges: trying to negotiate to simplify market entry, developing sea transport to cut export costs, and so on.

The future of Indian fruit and vegetable exports is looking bright, and it is expected to grow further in the coming years to make the country a big force in the international market.