Mumbai : The government is awaiting inputs from the states to finalise an export policy for agri products, the draft of which is already in the public domain, commerce secretary Rita Teaotia said.
Addressing exporters at an event organised by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda), Teaotia asked the authority to explore possibilities to multiply exports of agri products with the sea route as it is cheaper. Noting that despite growing multiple varieties of mangoes-as many as 1,000 varieties, only two-three varieties are being exported now, she asked Apeda to take initiatives to promote export of multiple varieties of mangoes, reports PTI.
The country is the largest producer of mangoes in the world around 41 per cent of production. Mangoes are exported to over 50 countries which in FY17 touched 52,761 million tonne.