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India in top 10 list of Agri produce exporters

July 29 , 2021 1143 days 663 0
  • The World Trade Organization report is based on the trends in world agricultural trade in the past 25 years.
  • India entered the top 10 list of the countries exporting agricultural produce in the year 2019.
  • India and Mexico with 3.1% and 3.4% share in global Agri exports, respectively, replaced New Zealand (9th) and Malaysia (7th) as the largest exporters across the globe.
  • India is also the third-largest cotton exporter (7.6%), and the fourth-largest importer (10%) in 2019.
  • However, India lagged behind as a value-added contributor to world agri exports.
  • The US, which topped the list in 1995 (22.2%), was overtaken by the European Union in 2019 (16.1%).
  • China climbed from the sixth spot in 1995 (4%) to fourth in 2019 (5.4%).
  • The top 10 exporters accounted for more than 96% of exports in both 1995 and 2019.

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