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AGRI EXPORT ZONES
With the primary objective of boosting agricultural exports from India, in March 2001, Government of India announced a policy of setting up of Agri Export Zones (AEZs) across the country. The Central Government has sanctioned 60 AEZs comprising about 40 agricultural commodities till March 2005. These AEZs are spread across 20 states in the country.
Objectives
The objective of setting up AEZs is to converge the efforts made, hitherto, by various central and state government departments for increasing exports of agricultural commodities from India. The AEZ takes a comprehensive view of a particular produce/ product located in a geographically contiguous area for the purpose of developing and sourcing raw materials, their processing/packaging, leading to final exports.
The major components of this comprehensive concept are
• cluster approach of identifying the potential products and geographical region in which these products are grown
• adopting an end-to-end approach of integrating the entire process, right from the stage of production till it reaches the consumption stage
• Integration of the activities of various agencies connected with the department of the product
The 60 AEZs sanctioned by the Government envisaged an investment of Rs. 1717.95 crores and export of Rs. 11821.47 crores over a period of 5 years. Against these projections, these AEZs could mobilize an investment of Rs. 449.90 crores and exports of Rs. 2768.00 crores over the last three and a half years ending 31 March 2005.
The state-wise detail of 60 AEZs Sactioned till March 2005 are outlined below:
| STATES | FOCUS PRODUCTS | GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Mango Pulp & Fresh Vegetables | Chittor | |
| Mango & Grape | Ranga Reddy, Medak and Mahaboobnagar | ||
| Mango | Krishna District | ||
| Gherkins | Mahboobnagar, Rangareddy, Medak, Karinagar, Warangal, Ananthpur and Nalgonda | ||
| Chilli | Guntur | ||
| Assam | Fresh and Processed Ginger | Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Darrang, Nagaon, Morigaon, Karbi Anglong and North Cachar | |
| Bihar | Lychee, Vegetables and Honey | Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Hajipur, Vaishali, East and West Champaran, Bhagalpur, Begulsarai, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Saran and Gopalganj | |
| Gujarat | Mango & Vegetables | Ahmedabad, Khaida, Anand, Vadodra, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Bharuch and Narmada | |
| Dehydrated Onion and Garlic | Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Amreli, Rajkot, Junagadh and Jamnagar. | ||
| Sesame Seeds | Amerali, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Rajkot and Jamnagar | ||
| Himachal Pradesh | Apple | Kinnaur, Shimla, Sirmor, Kulu, Mandi and Chamba | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Apple | Srinagar, baramula, Anantnag, Kupwara, Badguam and Pulwana | |
| Walnut | Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Kupwara and Srinagar, Doda, Poonch, Udhampur, Rajouri and Kathua | ||
| Jharkhand | Vegetable | Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Lohardaga | |
| Karnataka | Gherkin | Tumkur, Bangalore (Urban), Bangalore (Rural) Hassan, Kolar, Chitradurga, Dhrawad and Bagalkot | |
| Rose Onion | Bangalore (Urban) , Bangalore (Rural) , Kolar | ||
| Flowers | Bangalore (Urban),Bangalore (Rural) , Kolar, Tumkur, Kodagu and Belgaum | ||
| Vanilla | Dakshin Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Shimoga, Kodagu, and Chickamagalur | ||
| Kerala | Horticultural Products | Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanumthitta, Kollam, Thiruvananthpuram, Idukki and Pallakod | |
| Medicinal Plants | Wayanad, Mallapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamittha and Thiruvananthapuram | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Potatoes, Onion and Garlic | Malwa, Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Dhar, Shajapur, Ratlam, Nimach and Mandsaur | |
| Seed spices | Guna, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur andNeemuch | ||
| Wheat | UjjainNeemuch, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Indore, Dhar, Shajapur, Dewas, Bhopal, Shehore, Vidisha, raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda and Narsinghpur | ||
| Orange | Chhindwara, Hoshangabad and Betu | ||
| Lentils & Grams | Shivpuri, Guna, Vidisha, Raisen, Narsinghpura and Chhindwara | ||
| Maharashtra | Grapes and Grapewine | Nasik, Sangli, Pune, Satara, Ahmednagar and Sholapur | |
| Alphonso Mango | Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigarh and Thane | ||
| Kesar Mango | Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Latur, Ahmednagar and Nasik | ||
| Flowers | Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Sangli | ||
| Onions | Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara and Solapur | ||
| Pomegranate | Solapur, Sangli, Ahedabagar, Pune, Nasik, Osmanabad, Latur | ||
| Banana | Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Buldhana, Parbhani, Hindoli, Nanded and Wardha | ||
| Oranges | Nagpur and Amraoti | ||
| Orissa | Ginger and Turmeric | Kandhamal | |
| Punjab | Vegetables | Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar and Ludhiana | |
| Potatoes | Singhpura, Zirakpur (Patiala) , Rampura Phul, Muktsar, Ludhiana, Jallandhar | ||
| Basmati Rice | Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr | ||
| Rajasthan | Coriander | Kota, Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar and Chittoor | |
| Cumin | Nagaur, Barmer, Jalore, Pali and Jodhpur | ||
| Sikkim | Flowers (Orchids) & Cherry Pepper | East Sikkim | |
| Ginger | North, East, South & West Sikkim | ||
| Tamil Nadu | Cashewnuts | Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Sivaganga | |
| Flowers | Dharampuri | ||
| Flowers | Nilgiri | ||
| Mangoes | Madhurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli | ||
| Tripura | Organic Pineapple | Kumarghat, Manu, Melaghar, Matabari and Kakraban Blocks | |
| UttarPradesh | Potatoes | Agra, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Kannoj, Merrut, aligarh and Bagpat | |
| Mangoes and Vegetables | Lucknow, Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur and Barabanki | ||
| Mangoes | Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Bijnaur, Merrut, Bhagpat and Bulandshahar | ||
| Basmati Rice | Bareilly, Shahajahanpur, Pilibhit, Rampur, Badaun, bijnor, Moradabad, J B Phulenagar, Saharanpur, Mujjafarnagar, Merrut, Bulandsahar, Ghaziabad | ||
| Uttranchal | Lychee | Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital and Dehradun | |
| Flowers | Dehradun and Pantnagar | ||
| Basmati rice | Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun and Haridwar | ||
| Medicinal & Aromatic Plants | Uttarkashi, Chamoli.Pithoragarh, Dehradun and Nainital | ||
| West Bengal | Pineapple | Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri | |
| Lychee | Murshidabad, Malda, 24 Pargana s(N) and 24 Parganas (S) | ||
| Potatoes | Hoogly, Burdwan, Midnapore (W), Uday Narayanpur and Howrah | ||
| Mangoes | Malda and Murshidabad | ||
| Vegetable | Nadia, Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas | ||
| Darjeeling Tea | Darjeeling | ||
References:
• EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF INDIA
• Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
• Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
Last Updated On: 04-01-2008
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