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The export of vegetables has risen to about 20% more than the pre-COVID levels
Indian exporters have recently stated that the export of vegetables has risen to about 20% more than the pre-COVID levels, helped by demand from West Asia and Europe and lower air freight.
According to Sunil Awari, GM at Bengaluru-based Namdhari Farm Fresh, “Indian exporters also earned goodwill as they had ensured steady supply even when freight rates were high unlike countries like Egypt, China, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic.”
“The export demand is 20% higher than the pre-COVID levels. We noticed that in the first quarter of 2020-21, there was an increase in the consumption of vegetables in most of the export markets compared to non-vegetarian food. Also, the increase in the frequency of flights by Air India, Spice Jet, British Airways and Gulf carriers, leading to a drop in freight rates, helped exporters,” Awari added.