TNPSC Thervupettagam

India’s French Fries Exports 2025

January 23 , 2025 14 hrs 0 min 25 0
  • India exported 135,877 tonnes of FF valued at Rs 1,478.73 crore.
  • During April-October 2024, exports were 106,506 tonnes and worth Rs 1,056.92 crore.
  • Indian FF exports are mostly to Southeast Asia (Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman) and even Japan and Taiwan.
  • India’s export of FF exceeds its estimated domestic consumption of 100,000 tonnes.
  • Varieties of potato for FF are Santana, Innovator, Kennebec, Kufri Frysona and Kufri FryoM.
  • India’s potato production, at 60-odd million tonnes (mt), is next only to China’s 95 mt.
  • In 1992, the American processed food company, Lamb Weston, began importing frozen French Fries (FF) for supplying to star hotels in India.

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