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Kashi becomes hub of agriculture exports in East UP, witnesses 420% growth.
Jun 26, 2023

Before chief minister Yogi Adityanath flags off the first consignment of mango and green chilli packed at Kashi's Integrated Pack House (IPH) for export to Gulf countries, the figures of export of agriculture and horticulture products reveal that east UP has emerged as a major hub of agri export.

Since the time IPH became functional after inauguration by PM Narendra Modi on March 24, Varanasi's export has risen from 4 metric tonnes in 2020-21 to 561 MT in 2022-23, ensuring growth of 420%. Lucknow, which had export figure of 111.47 MT in 2020-21 had exported 703.30 MT of agri products in 2022-23 and its growth percentage was 6%.

Busy in preparations for the flagging off ceremony at IPH in Karkhiyao area on Sunday, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) deputy general manager CB Singh said, 'After IPH's inauguration by the PM, process to operationalise it has been intensified in Varanasi in order to achieve the goal of developing east UP as a hub of export of agriculture and horticulture products.'

He said, 'With flagging off by the CM, the IPH Varanasi packed first consignments of mango and green chilli will leave for markets of Gulf, including Dubai and Doha via air and sea routes, respectively.'

Recalling the journey of ma king East UP region a hub of agri export, Singh said, 'Till 2019, there was nil export of agri cargo from Varanasi airport and negligible export from Lucknow airport. Now, flights are fully loaded with agri air cargo at Varanasi and Lucknow.'

Highlighting the trend of growth in export of agri products from international airports of UP, he said, 'In 2019-20 Lucknow had exported 99 MT of green vegetables and mangos while export from Varanasi was nil. In 2020-21 Lucknow exported 111.47 MT while only four MT vegetables were exportedfrom Varanasi. I n 2021-22 export of these agri and horticulture produces from Lucknow was 661.50 MT and Varanasi exported 157 MT. In 2022-23 Lucknow’s export was recorded as 703.30 MT while Varanasi’s export figures jumped to 561 MT.'

'The growth percentage of agri export from Varanasi airport in 2022-23 was 420% compared to 2021-22 figures while this growth at Lucknow airport was 6%', said Singh adding that between April and Jun this year Varanasi’s export figure was 120.5 MT while Lucknow has exported 169.9 MT of agri products. He also referred the measures initiated to achieve the goal of developing East UP as an export hub by making Varanasi its centre. The IPH established here fulfils requirements of international standard, which i s a must, especially for exporting agri products to European Union, Japan and Korea.

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