India in final talks to export wheat to Egypt
Monday, 21 March 2022
NEW DELHI, Mar 20 (PTI): India is in final talks to start wheat export to Egypt while discussions are going on with countries like China, Turkey and Iran to begin the outbound shipments of the commodity, the commerce ministry said on Saturday.
It said that India's wheat exports increased to USD 1.74 billion during April-January 2021-22 as against USD 340.17 million in the same period last year.
In 2019-20, wheat exports were worth USD 61.84 million, which rose to USD 549.67 million in 2020-21, it said.
It also said the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has recently organised a meeting of key stakeholders in the value chain for promoting exports to those countries which have a huge shipment potential in the wake of global supply chain disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.