India is set to achieve 25 per cent growth in fresh and processed agricultural exports by the end of the current fiscal year thanks to improved product quality and little impact of economic downturn in key markets the Middle East and West Asia, reports www.hindu.com.
'With the 25 per cent growth rate against targeted 15 per cent, our total export will touch US$10bn from the country against US$7.9bn attained in 2007-08,” agricultural trade body Apeda said last week.
Meanwhile, Apeda has urged exporters to submit monthly reports to their respective regional offices in an effort to help chalk out plans to further promote Indian exports.
And in a separate development, India’s shipping minister has told the country’s major port authorities to speed up current expansion projects.
