CURRENT STATUS

STATEMENT OF ACTUAL INVESTMENT AND EXPORTS FROM SANCTIONED 60 AGRI EXPORT ZONES

(MARCH 2008)

S No / State / AEZ Project / State and Districts / Actual Exports / Actual Investments
(Rs. Cr.) / (Rs. Cr.)
1 / West Bengal / Pineapple / West Bengal (Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri / 0.20 / 78.69
Lychee / West Bengal (Districts of Murshidabad Malda, 24 Pargana (N) and 24 Pargana(s) / 3.30 / 0.93
Potatoes / West Bengal (Districts of Hoogly, Burdwan, Midnapore (W) Uday Narayanpur and Howrah) / 3.72 / 0.15
Mango / W. Bengal (Malda and Murshidabad) / 74.00 / 3.58
Vegetables / W Bengal (Nadia, Murshidabad) and North 24 Parganas / 4.43 / 0.12
Darjeeling Tea / West Bengal (Darjeeling) / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 85.65 / 83.47
2 / Karnataka / Gherkins / Karnataka (Tumkur, Bangalore Urban Bangalore, Rural, Hassan, Kolar, Chitradurga, Dharwad and Bagalkot) / 1237.05 / 87.34
Rose Onion / Karnataka (Bangalore Urban
Bangalore (Rural), Kolar / 276.00 / 0.13
Flowers / Karnataka (Bangalore(Urban)
Bangalore(Rural), Kolar, Tumkur, Kodagu and Belgaum / 31.74 / 3.57
Vanilla / Karnataka (Districts of Dakshin Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Shimoga, Kodagu, Chickamagalur) / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 1544.79 / 91.04
3 / Uttranchal / Lychee / Uttranchal (Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital and Dehradun) / 2.45 / 3.72
Flowers / Uttranchal (Districts of Dehradun, Pantnagar) / 0.04 / 10.19
Basmati rice / Uttranchal (Districts of Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun and Haridwar) / 0.00 / 0.39
Medicinal & Aromatic Plants / Uttaranchal (Districts of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Dehradun and Nainital) / 1.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 3.49 / 14.30
4 / Punjab / Vegetables / Punjab (Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar and Ludhiana) / 0.03 / 35.75
Potatoes / Punjab (Singhpura Zirakpur (Patiala) Rampura Phul, Muktsar, Ludhiana, Jullunder / 2.80 / 8.46
Basmati Rice / Punjab (Districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar) / 1521.00 / 5.27
Sub total / 1523.83 / 49.48
5 / Uttar Pradesh / Potatoes / Uttar Pradesh (Agra, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Kannoj, Meerut, Aligarh and Bagpat) / 7.00 / 0.97
Mangoes and Vegetables / Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur and Barabanki) / 0.47 / 20.89
Mangoes / Uttar Pradesh (Saharanpur, Muzzfarnagar, Bijnaur, Meerut, Bhagpat and Bulandshahar) / 12.49 / 16.99
Basmati Rice / Uttar Pradesh (Districts of Bareilly, Shahajahanpur, Pilibhit, Rampur, Badaun, Bijnor, Moradabad, J B Phulenagar, Saharanpur, Mujjafarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahar, Ghaziabad) / 0.00 / 0.47
Sub total / 19.96 / 39.32
6 / Maharash
tra / Grape and grapewine / Maharashtra (Nasik, Sanghli, Pune, Satara, Ahmednagar and Sholapur) / 384.67 / 110.17
Mango
(Alphonso) / Maharashtra (Districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigarh and Thane) / 123.00 / 36.86
Kesar Mango / Maharashtra (Districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Ahmednagar and Latur) / 12.17 / 3.43
Flowers / Maharashtra (Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Sangli) / 35.50 / 168.00
Onions / Maharashtra (Districts of Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara, Jalgaon and Solapur) / 588.00 / 38.33
Pomegranate / Districts of Solapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Pune, Nasik, Osmanabad & Latur / 20.24 / 1.53
Banana / Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Buldhana, Parbhani, Hindoli, Nanded and Wardha / 0.04 / 6.99
Oranges / Nagpur and Amraoti / 2.72 / 0.01
Sub total / 1166.34 / 365.32
7 / Andhra Pradesh / Mango Pulp &
Fresh Veg. / Andhra Pradesh (Chittoor District) / 2736.03 / 91.40
Mango and Grapes / Andhra Pradesh (Districts of Ranga Reddy, Medak and Parts of Mahaboobngar Districts) / 18.29 / 57.21
Mango / Andhra Pradesh (Krishna District) / 2.75 / 17.90
Gherkins / Andhra Pradesh (Districts of Mahboobnagar, Rangareddy, Medak, Karimnagar, Warangal, Ananthapur and Nalgonda) / 44.52 / 20.05
Chilli / Guntur / 51.00 / 20.32
Sub total / 2852.59 / 206.88
8 / Jammu & Kashmir / Apple / Jammu and Kashmir (Districts of Srinagar, Baramula, Anantnag, Kupwara, Badgaum and Pulwama) / 124.72 / 6.71
Walnuts / Jammu & Kashmir Region- Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Kupwara and Srinagar) (Jammu Region
- Doda, Poonch, Udhampur, Rajouri and Kathua) / 552.21 / 14.14
Sub total / 676.93 / 20.85
9 / Tripura / Organic pineapple / Tripura (Kumarghat, Manu, Melaghar, Matabari and Kakraban Blocks / 0.00 / 7.62
Sub total / 0.00 / 7.62
10 / Madhya Pradesh / Potatoes
Onion
Garlic / Madhya Pradesh (Malwa, Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Dhar, Shajajpur, Ratlam, Neemuch and Mandsaur) / 15.99 / 42.64
Seed Spices / Madhya Pradesh (Districts of Guna, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur and Neemuch) / 38.43 / 4.55
Wheat (Duram) / Madhya Pradesh
(Three distinct and contiguous zones :-
Ujjain Zone comprising of Neemach, Ratlam, Mandsaur and Ujjain
Indore Zone comprising of Indore, Dhar, Shajapur and Dewas
Bhopal Division, comprising of Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narsinghpur and Bhopal / 21.00 / 4.71
Lentil and Grams / Shivpuri, Guna, Vidisha, Raisen, Narsinghpura, Chhindwara / 0.00 / 0.00
Oranges / Chhindwara.Hoshangabad. Betul / 0.00 / 8.90
Sub total / 75.42 / 60.80
11 / Tamil Nadu / Flower / Tamil Nadu (Dharmapuri) / 39.40 / 22.47
Flowers / Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri District) / 44.56 / 5.50
Mangoes / Tamil Nadu (Districts of Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli) / 0.00 / 0.81
Cashewnut
/ Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Sivaganga / 18.33 / 0.00
Sub total / 102.29 / 28.78
12 / Bihar / Lychee, Vegetables & Honey / Bihar (Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Hajipur, Vaishali, East and West Champaran, Bhagalpur, Begulsarai, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Saran and Gopalganj) / 5.87 / 20.10
Sub total / 5.87 / 20.10
13 / Gujarat / Mango and Vegetables / Gujarat (Districts of Ahmedabad, Khadia, Anand, Vadodra, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Bharuch and Narmada) / 1.65 / 16.66
Value Added Onion / Gujarat (Districts of Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Amreli, Rajkot, Junagadh and Jamnagar Districts) / 300.49 / 13.67
Sesame Seeds / Amerali, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 302.14 / 30.31
14 / Sikkim / Flowers
(Orchids) and Cherry Pepper / Sikkim (East Sikkim) / 0.00 / 1.15
Ginger / Sikkim (North, East, South & West Sikkim) / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 0.00 / 1.15
15 / Himachal Pradesh / Apples / Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Sirmour, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba and Kinnaur) / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 0.00 / 0.00
16 / Orissa / Ginger and Turmeric / Orissa (Kandhamal District) / 1.76 / 0.00
Sub total / 1.76 / 0.00
17 / Jharkhand / Vegetables / Jharkhand (Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Lohardaga) / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 0.00 / 0.00
18 / Kerala / Horticulture Products / Kerala (Districts of Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayaam, Alappuzha, Pathanumthitta, Kollam, Thiruvanthapuram, Idukki and Palakkod) / 2277.79 / 3.10
Medicinal Plant / Wayanad, Mallapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamittha, Thiruvananthapuram / 0.00 / 0.00
Sub total / 2277.79 / 3.10
19 / Assam / Fresh & Processed Ginger / Assam (Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Darrang, Nagaon, Morigaon, Karbi Anglong and North Cachar districts) / 2.17 / 3.15
Sub total / 2.17 / 3.15
20 / Rajasthan / Coriander / Kota, Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar & Chittoor / 23.40 / 44.53
Cumin / Nagaur, Barmer, Jalore, Pali and Jodhpur / 26.54 / 27.33
Sub total / 49.94 / 71.86
TOTAL / 10690.96 / 1097.53

ACTUAL EXPORTSRs. 10690.96 Crores

ACTUAL INVESTMENTSRs. 1097.53 Crores

AGRI EXPORT ZONES SANCTIONED SO FAR

- Functional Status of 60 AEZs

1.AGRI EXPORT ZONE FOR PINEAPLE IN WEST BENGAL

In view of the international demand for processed pineapple products and also on account of the concentration of pineapple (Kew variety) growing in the district of Siliguri and Jalpaiguri of West Bengal, a proposal was mooted for setting up such a zone. This project entailed development of the produce through research and extension by a dedicated team of personnel, setting up of processing plants by private entrepreneurs and concerted market efforts. In this AEZ, the total investment of Rs. 3559.00 lakhs was envisaged, out of which Rs. 3144.00 lakhs was to come from the private entrepreneurs for setting up of processing plants. The remaining amount was to come from various Government Agencies like Ministry of Food Processing Industries, National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture and APEDA. This investment was anticipated to lead to projected exports of around Rs. 127 crores in the next 5 years.

Present status:

Farmers have been identified in the Zone and necessary training imparted to them on pre and post harvest protocols. Training material has been prepared in local language and distributed. This has resulted in enhanced productivity due to high density plantation and control over the diseases.

In the year 2004-05, an area of 210 ha. has been brought under high density plantation and assured system of irrigation under the scheme of “Development of commercial horticulture through pre and post harvest management” of National Horticulture Board (NHB).

To ensure smooth supply of the raw materials to the processing units a Special Committee has been formed comprising of members representing UBKV, NABARD, UBKGB, ICAR, Department of FPI&H, Dabur, Calypso.The State Horticulture Research Station at Mohitnagar, Jalpaiguri is engaged in the production of planting materials from pineapple suckers. The Queen variety is being tried on one acre plot. A project on drip irrigation will be implemented shortly.

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) and the Department have jointly submitted a project viz. “IT – based Horticultural Extension Education for Agri-Business in North Bengal” to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. The project will be taken up on a pilot basis and will assist the pineapple growers in receiving timely and relevant information. The infrastructure would include V-SAT, Interactive Voice Response Service and Agri Information portal anchored on local language. CDAC would act as the executing agency and would maintain an interactive multimedia based educational material for this proposed information dissemination-cum-learning services. Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad has agreed to provide free transponder for this scheme.

M/s Dabur Private Limited have completed their multi-fruit (mainly pineapple) processing unit at Jalpaiguri to process 160 MTs of pineapples daily with an investment of around Rs. 18.47 crores. The unit is likely to produce 2300 MTs of fruit-pulp and concentrate with a revenue generation of Rs. 15.00 crores annually. Of Rs. 15.00 crores estimated revenue, the domestic market is likely to contribute Rs. 9.00 crores and the rest is expected to come from exports.

M/s. Calypso Bengal Foods Pvt. Ltd. with an estimated project of Rs. 9.00 crores approximately for the first phase is setting up a state of art pineapple processing unit at Bidhan Nagar, Siliguri. This unit has come forward to invest in this region after the development of AEZ for Pineapples in the State and has started to function commercially from February 2006. The company has started a partnership programme with the farmers in which approximately 700 farmers have been registered. A memebership card has been handed over to each registered farmer giving details of land ownership, production etc. The company is also encouraging farmers to introduce gherkins as intercrop in pineapple fields. It will be a joint venture with the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. They have processed 80 MT of pineapple for test marketing to Europe and Japan and the result is very encouraging. Their marketing partner from Germany has also visited the pineapple growing area in West Bengal.

M/s. Poddar Fruits and Vegetables Products Pvt. Ltd. have set up a canned fruits processing unit at Coochbehar with an investment of Rs. 2.18 crores.

M/s. B.J. Enterprise, Mohitnagar, Jalpaiguri is setting up a processing unit for pineapples (337MT/year) and tomato (90MT/year). Project cost of the unit is Rs. 0.81 crores.

Eleven multipurpose cold storages at total cost of Rs. 44.80 crores have been set up in this AEZ. In addition seven potato cold storages at an invest ment of Rs. 32. 31 crores have also been set up in this zone

M/s. Pataka Food Products Pvt. Ltd is reported to have exported 12 tonnes of raw pineapple during last year.

A laboratory at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidhyalaya has been sanctioned by APEDA with funding of Rs. 362.00 lakhs.

JadavpurUniversity has undertaken a research on appropriate processed pineapple products for domestic and export markets during 2004-05, which is continuing. The project aims at the development of the following products – pineapple sauce, dehydrated pineapple, osmotic dehydrated pineapple, freeze dried pineapple, spray-dried pineapple, pineapple candy, anaerobic fermentation of waste juice. Of these, pineapple sauce and osmotically dried pineapples have been prepared and standardized under optimum conditions.

APEDA has approved the proposal of Rs. 675.00 lakhs for setting up of Centre for perishable cargo at InternationalAirport, Kolkata. The project is likely to benefit export of pineapples apart from other products.

Perishable Cargo Complex at BagdograAirport – estimated cost Rs. 299.40 lakhs and Post Harvest Handling cum Auction Centre at North Bengal – estimated cost Rs. 1206.69 lakhs are being undertaken as a part of the infrastructure development in this AEZ.

APEDA has also received a proposal for setting up of Centre for Perishable Cargo at Haldia Seaport, Distt. Purba Medinipur in W.B., which is likely to benefit the export of Pineapples and Potatoes.

The total exports are Rs. 0.20 crores.

The total investment of Rs. 78.69 crores has been achieved.

2.AGRI EXPORT ZONE FOR LITCHI IN UTTARANCHAL

This project entails a total investment of Rs. 8.7 Crores out of which around Rs. 3.44 Crores will come by way of investment from private entrepreneurs and the remaining amount is proposed to the sourced from various Central and Government Agencies like Ministry of Agriculture, UTDASP, National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Food Processing Industry and APEDA. It is expected that this investment would lead to an export of around Rs. 38.20 Crores in the next 5 years.

The project centers around improving the productivity and quality of litchi and for further value addition through processing before export. In view of the limited period of availability of litchi, the pack house set up for this purpose will also be utilized for packing and processing vegetables produced in the hinterland.

Present Status:

MOU with the State Government was signed on 22nd September 2001

17 applications from entrepreneurs were received, out of which, only 4 were short listed and out of these 4 applications, only 2 companies have set up their pack houses with a private investment of Rs. 118 lakhs and APEDA’s contribution of Rs. 45.70 lakhs .

APEDA had issued in principle approval on 21/03/2002 for a sum of Rs. 42,52,900/- under its scheme of R&D to M/s G.B.PantUniversity of Agriculture & Technology.

30 farmers were sent for practical training on pre and post harvest practices to the farm and processing unit of M/s. Radha Krishna Impex, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) . It is proposed to send 21 farmers each to Murshidabad , West Bengal and Muzaffarpur , Bihar during the current year again

15 training programmes were organized in which 700 farmers participated

Three training programmes were organized at PantNagarUniversity for the officers of Department of Horticulture. 75 farmers have so far been imparted training.

Mr. Christian Didier of M/s. Cirad Flohr, France visited Uttaranchal a number of times to provide useful inputs for pre harvest and harvest management to the farmers as well as to the exporters.

9 more entrepreneurs were short listed under the AEZ. MoU with the private entrepreneurs have been signed on 27/02/2003. (4 pack house, 2 processing units are likely to be set up during the current year).

Mr. Tarun Gautam, M/s Imaginations Agri Export and Mr. Ravinder Singh Randhawa, M/s. BG Agri Exports visited Dubai during March to finalize the export tie-ups.

Mr. Sudhir Chadha visited Netherlands in March and Brussels in Belgium in April for finalizing the contracts for exports.

Exporters have planned that one of them will go to Dubai to look after the marketing of the litchi there.

The export targets from Uttaranchal are fixed as 136 MT in this year. (Details enclosed)

The National Litchi Day on and a meeting held on 10th May at Balbeer Garden Choi with Director Horticulture, Coordinator, Agri Export Development Unit (AEDU) and President All India Litchi Growers Association to finalize the exports.

The plastic crates subsidized by NHB are being distributed to the farmers and will be completed by month end.

Organized meetings with litchi growers and exporters to fix the prices at which different grades litchi is to be purchased from the farmers.

Investment opportunities brochure is under the process of publishing.

Export strategies for litchi:

The AEDU shall be putting more emphasis to the exporters of fresh litchi to send their produce by refer containers so that the shelf life and the quality of the produce is enhanced.

Also, for increased shelf life and quality, experiments on CA transportation shall be conducted. It has been planned that at least one CA container shall be dispatched.

In order to have the continuous presence in the international market with impact and remain competitive with the Thailand litchis, a strong need for a consolidation setup at Dubai and other destination is felt. In continuation of this Mr. Sudhir Chadha, President of UAEA has told that they are sending two persons for this year export, one for Dubai and one for BelgiumNetherlands.

Some of the vegetables have been identified to have a strong international demand. So, AEDU is trying to promote the following vegetables to exports from this area.

-Ethnic vegetables- Okra, Bitter gourd, Pointed gourd etc.

-Continental vegetables- Snow peas, sugar snaps, fine beans, baby corn, sweet corn

It is planned to improve the packaging of litchi by development of new packaging material and techniques so that the product becomes more acceptable in international markets.

In order to promote the UA brand and gain more market, AEDU is planning to organize buyer seller meet and similar exercises have to be repeated in countries like Netherlands, Dubai, Belgium and UK with the help of APEDA.

Quality has to be improved so that more markets may be tapped and better prices may be fetched. In this regard, series of workshop and seminars have been conducted on different quality standards like ISO, HACCP, EUREPGAP etc.

Review meeting for financial year 2005-06

A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Chairman APEDA on 12/12/2005 at Dehradun and the following was observed:

  • The export performance of fresh and processed litchis is a under:

Year / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005
Qty. in MTs / 9.25 / 73.00 / 164.20 / 34.00
FoB Value
(in Rs. Lakhs) / 5.55 / 43.80 / 98.52 / 20.40

The export performance has declined and the reason given was that the farmers / contractors are comfortable in selling the produce in the domestic market as they are getting better prices.

Importers look for consistent quality and reliable supplier base. They look forward to year round presence irrespective of prices whether they are high or low. Any break in the supplies would mean to make fresh efforts to recapture the market.

  • Due to APEDA’s initiative a French expert was deputed to give pre and post harvest training on the practices to be followed by the growers in the State of Uttaranchal during 2001 & 2002. These packages of practices need to be adhered to strictly.
  • It was also noted from the Exporters representing Litchi & MAPS Agri-Export Zones present in the meeting that they are facing problems in execution of buy-back assurances given by them to the Farmers. While the selling price of Farmer's produce is lower in the domestic market, he readily honours the Buy-back arrangement between him & the Exporter. However, when the price in the Domestic market is higher, the Farmer does not honour the commitment reached and sells off his produce in the domestic market.

For the financial year 2006-07. The litchi export target is 100 tonnes (processed and fresh litchis). This year an attempt has been made to send one reefer container of fresh litchis from the State of Uttaranchal.