Export of Regional and GI Agri Products

Export of Regional and GI Agri Products

• The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has been identifying new GI tagged Agri products so that they can be exported to new destinations.
• Geographical Indication (GI) tag is a unique identifier that is given to a product, which defines the region of origin of that product.
• This tag also signifies the product’s origin as that region’s intellectual property.
• GI tag is a unique identity that one country cannot claim to be its own.
• Great emphasis has also been placed by the government on connecting farmer producer companies, farmer producing organizations and exporters to create an export hub in Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi.
• The country’s agriculture sector has played an important role in exports, especially during the pandemic thus cementing India’s place as an emerging major global food and agriculture product supplier.
• Basmati Rice and Darjeeling Tea are the two most popular products that are exported from India. The government is trying to identify other such products which if marketed properly can reach more buyers across the world.

Published date : 25 Mar 2022 06:30PM