Export of Oil meal and Oil meal Products 

There has been no decline in India’s export of oilmeals during the last three years and the current year.   Soybean meal constitute major share (more than 60%) in export of all oilmeals. Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) on export of soyabean meal has been increased to 10% from 7%  from 13^th July, 2018.  MEIS is available at the rate of  5% on export of other oilmeals (except groundnut oilmeal).

The Government has come up with a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy to boost the export of agricultural products. The Department of Commerce also has several schemes to promote exports, including exports of agricultural products, like Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES), Market Access Initiatives (MAI) Scheme, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) etc. In addition, assistance to the exporters of agricultural products is also available under the Export Promotion Schemes of Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Tobacco Board, Tea Board, Coffee Board, Rubber Board and Spices Board. These organisations also seek to promote exports through participation in international fairs & exhibitions, taking initiatives to gain market access for different products in different markets, dissemination of market intelligence, taking steps to ensure quality of exported products etc.

Details of India’s export of oil meals to different countries for the last 3 years and current year (upto November ”18) and India’s share in World exports are:

Commodity: Oilmeals: HS code 2304,2305,2306					Qty (Ton)/ Val in Million USD
Country	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		2018-19*  (upto Nov’18)
	Qty.	Value	Qty.	Value	Qty.	Value	Qty.	Value
BANGLADESH	242662	83.35	431980	154.76	649824	211.98	306074	113.89
VIETNAM	376845	69.16	316103	66.19	553458	116.09	392212	81.17
KOREA	710365	123.70	587796	90.78	602195	102.40	520542	106.57
FRANCE	13146	4.08	182975	69.43	233615	87.76	129053	51.84
NEPAL	111160	47.78	187711	73.91	216121	83.33	121626	52.15
GERMANY	416	0.22	55313	23.86	164570	70.59	57644	29.74
U S A	17721	12.88	50640	36.13	96235	60.70	116081	71.84
JAPAN	53175	25.32	217346	84.63	126753	50.61	98673	41.09
THAILAND	67978	19.87	55602	17.92	172844	44.90	200202	49.64
MYANMAR	37676	17.00	75691	29.02	109491	41.71	51988	18.45
OTHER COUNTRIES	425220	149.65	471098	158.82	645673	223.10	537357	201.75
Total	2056364	553.01	2632255	805.45	3570779	1093.16	2531452	818.13

(Source:DGCI&S)

* Figures for 2018-19 are provisional and subject to change.

Share of India’s oilmeal exports (in Million USD) vis-à-vis World Export (in Million USD)

 

Year	All countries export	India’s export	India’s Share (%)
2015	32273.04	833.31	2.58
2016	30162.00	579.68	1.92
2017	28239.57	1157.96	4.10

 

Note 1: The data on World trade has been obtained from UN Comtrade database. The data is calculated in calendar year in the UN Comtrade database.

Note : Figures for the calendar year 2018 is not available.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, C. R. Chaudhary, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.