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Limited int’l flights major challenge for agri exporters in East UP: APEDA
Jun 28, 2023

As the export of fresh fruits, vegetables and cereals from East UP has started booming with a record growth of 420% in 2022-23, the exporters as well as Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) find that many challenges, especially of transportation, should be tackled on priority to maintain the tempo as the region has great potential for further increase in it.
'International flight is limited with freight capacity of 3 metric ton to 4 MT per day. This freight capacity is being fully utilised now hence, further increase in demand as well as production for exports will start posing serious challenges', APEDA deputy general manager CB Singh told TOI on the possibilities of further increase in export of agri products, especially green vegetable and fruits, from LBSI airport of Varanasi.
Only one Sharjah bound direct international flight operates per day from here. Only this flight gives direct connectivity to Gulf market while for London and other international markets the Farmer Producers Organisations (FPO) and exporters from east UP region are bound to opt transshipment in which domestic flights take freight to Delhi or Mumbai for further transportation.
Singh admitted, 'Currently less number of airlines have transshipment bond for international cargo. Airlines like Indigo and Air India Express have taken the transshipment bond while other airlines like Air India, Vistara etc have not applied for transshipment bond.'
 
To send the shipments to the Gulf and EU via sea route taking horticulture and agriculture products of east UP region to Mumbai port is a compulsion. The inland transportation cost from Varanasi or Lucknow, which are landlocked territory, is very high as compared to the transportation cost borne by FPOs and exporters sending from centres like Nasik, said Singh adding, due the same UP exporters are getting very tough competition.
 
The issue of transportation has emerged as a major cause of concern for the FPOs, exporters as well as APEDA because the East UP, which had nil export of agriculture and horticulture products from LBSI airport till year 2019 had exported only four MT of vegetables in 2020. But, in 2021-22 the export grew to 157 MT and in 2022-23 it jumped to 561 MT, recording a growth of 420%. In four years only around 20 FPOs got them registered as exporters and eight of them are exporting actively. Cultivators are also switching fast on export oriented farming and the production is increasing accordingly.
Basic infrastructure for supply chain- Integrated Pack House that was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24, is also available now, said Singh, mentioning that these developments are going to give a mega boost to exports due to which now the focus is on tackling the same challenges on priority. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the consignments of mango and green chilly packed at this IPH on Monday.
    
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