India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products have jumped by 38 per cent to Rs 28,906 crore in FY08 mainly due to a significant jump in shipments of coarse cereals, says the latest official data.
The country’s agricultural products export was Rs 20,986 crore last year, according to an official of government’s agri-trade promotion body Apeda.
There has been a major rise in exports of coarse cereals like maize, jowar and barley.
The exports of cereals, excluding rice and wheat, have gone up five-fold to Rs 2,979 crore in FY08 compared to Rs 599 crore in April-March of the financial year 2006-07.
