Export and Import of Foodgrains
NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Arjun Munda informed in a written reply in Lok Sabha, that the quantum of wheat rice and other foodgrains produced in the country during the last five year including current year, year wise is as under:
| Crop | Production (Lakh Tonnes) | |||||
| 2018-19(All Season) | 2019-20(All Season) | 2020-21(All Season) | 2021-22(All Season) | 2022-23(All Season) | 2023-24 (Kharif Only) | |
| Rice | 1164.84 | 1188.70 | 1243.68 | 1294.71 | 1357.55 | 1063.13 |
| Wheat | 1035.96 | 1078.61 | 1095.86 | 1077.42 | 1105.54 | NA |
| Other Cereals | 430.59 | 477.48 | 513.24 | 511.01 | 573.19 | 351.37 |
| Pulses | 220.76 | 230.25 | 254.63 | 273.02 | 260.58 | 71.18 |
| Total Foodgrains | 2852.15 | 2975.04 | 3107.42 | 3156.16 | 3296.87 | 1485.69 |
NA – Not Available
The details of the main items that are being exported and imported are given as under:
| Export of Major Foodgrains by Commodity (Quantity in LMT) | ||||||
| Commodity | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24(April-Oct 23) |
| Wheat | 2.27 | 2.20 | 21.55 | 72.45 | 46.96 | 0.79 |
| Rice (Other than Basmoti) | 76.48 | 50.56 | 131.49 | 172.89 | 177.92 | 73.18 |
| Rice Basmoti | 44.15 | 44.55 | 46.30 | 39.44 | 45.61 | 26.08 |
| Pulses | 2.87 | 2.32 | 2.77 | 3.87 | 7.63 | 3.41 |
| Other Cereals | 12.57 | 5.01 | 30.76 | 38.59 | 36.28 | 13.58 |
| Total | 138.34 | 104.64 | 232.87 | 327.24 | 314.40 | 117.04 |
| Import of Major Foodgrains by Commodity (Quantity in LMT) | ||||||
| Commodity | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24(April-Oct 23) |
| Wheat | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.50 |
| Rice (Other than Basmoti) | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Pulses | 25.28 | 28.98 | 24.66 | 27.00 | 24.96 | 19.63 |
| Other cereals | 2.44 | 6.73 | 1.35 | 1.12 | 3.05 | 1.19 |
| Total | 27.82 | 35.79 | 26.06 | 28.22 | 28.22 | 21.34 |