The Indian government exports 70.30 lakh tonnes of wheat till March 21 this fiscal
Wheat
Seafood
India
Published Apr 3, 2022
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Wheat exports to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the UAE totaled 39,37,438 tonnes, 5,80,819 tonnes, and 4,69,851 tonnes, respectively, from April 2021 to March 21, 2022.
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The total wheat export for the fiscal year ended March 21 stood at 70.30 lakh tonnes, with the majority of shipments going to Bangladesh, followed by Sri Lanka and the UAE, Parliament was informed on Friday. As both Ukraine and Russia are major wheat exporters, accounting for more than a quarter of the global wheat trade, there is room for India to increase wheat exports, according to Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "The total wheat export in terms of quantity during 2021-22 (till March 21st, 2022) was 70.30 LMT," she said. In another response, she stated that India exported seafood products worth USD 7.16 billion in April-February 2021-22, an all-time high for marine product exports. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that farmers in India are in a ‘bad condition’, they are ‘dying’ after growing rice… According to her, the US Department of State has banned wild-caught shrimp imports from India on the alleged ...
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