EXPORT
Potato export, from India is negligible. Fresh potatoes are exported to Sri Lanka, UAE, Mauritius, Nepal, Singapore, Maldives and Kuwait etc.
Export of Potato
It is estimated that 61.47% potato production are used for table purpose, 21% as seed, 0.5% processed and only about 0.03% are exported while about 17% are lost in post harvest handling, marketing and storage. India holds 2nd place in production after China, but its share in export is very low. In world potato export markets India does not stand mainly due to high price and poor quality of produce. India exported 1, 66,642.80 MT potato during 2013-14. India exports mainly to Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and UAE. India also exports little quantity of processed potatoes.
The quantity and value of export of potato from India during the years 1995-96 to 2013-14 are given below:
Year-wise export of potato from India
|
Year
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
PUV
|
|
(MT)
|
(Rs lakhs)
|
(Rs/Ton)
|
|
1995-1996
|
33,521.21
|
1,862.17
|
5,555.20
|
|
1996-1997
|
23,754.52
|
1,606.20
|
6,761.66
|
|
1997-1998
|
20,573.93
|
891.34
|
4,332.38
|
|
1998-1999
|
7,832.52
|
518.22
|
6,616.26
|
|
1999-2000
|
28,200.16
|
1,395.31
|
4,947.88
|
|
2000-2001
|
22,636.73
|
1,160.09
|
5,124.81
|
|
2001-2002
|
8,182.28
|
328.3
|
4,012.33
|
|
2002-2003
|
24,365.13
|
1,182.37
|
4,852.71
|
|
2003-2004
|
63,140.42
|
2,592.95
|
4,106.64
|
|
2004-2005
|
61,012.52
|
2,838.78
|
4,652.78
|
|
2005-2006
|
74,534.39
|
3,882.55
|
5,209.07
|
|
2006-2007
|
89,033.52
|
5,769.82
|
6,480.50
|
|
2007-2008
|
78,450.70
|
4,142.58
|
5,280.49
|
|
2008-2009
|
1,84,961.00
|
11,503.71
|
6,219.53
|
|
2009-2010
|
66,156.25
|
5,500.28
|
8,314.08
|
|
2010-2011
|
1,58,648.20
|
12,717.68
|
8,016.28
|
|
2011-2012
|
1,71,314.70
|
11,476.24
|
6,698.92
|
|
2012-2013
|
1,14,245.90
|
10,853.33
|
9,499.97
|
|
2013-2014
|
1,66,642.80
|
20,931.11
|
12,560.47
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata