India is the major producer of Processed Vegetables like Preserved Onions, Cucumber & Gherkins, provisionally preserved, Mushrooms of the Genus Agaricus, other Mushrooms and Truffles, Green Pepper in Brine, Dried Truffles, Dehydrated Asparagus, Dehydrated Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Garlic Flakes, Garlic Dried, Potatoes Dried, Grams, Grams Dal, Onion Prepared/Preserved etc. Many non-traditional vegetables mainly processed cucumber and gherkins and other vegetables produced like asparagus, celery, bell pepper, sweet corn, green and lime beans and organically grown vegetables are also being increasingly exported. |
| Varieties: |
The major varieties under Processed Vegetables are as follows Mushroom (Button Mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Paddy straw mushroom and milky mushroom) Garlic (Agrifound White:G-41, Yamuna Safed:G-1, Yamuna Safed 2:G-50, Yamuna Safed 3:G-282, Agrifound Parvati:G-313 and Yamuna Safed 4:G 323), Potato (Kufri Chipsona-1, Kufri Chipsona-3, Kufri Chipsona-4, Kufri Frysona, Kufri Himsona, Kufri Surya and Kufri Chandramukhi, etc), Pea (Alaska, Arkel, NP 29, perfection, etc). |
| The individual products under this sub-head are as below: |
Preserved Onions Cucumber & Gherkins, Mushrooms of the Genus Agaricus, other Mushrooms and Truffles, Green Pepper in Brine, Dried Truffles, Asparagus Dried, Dehydrated Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Garlic Flakes, Garlic Dried, Potatoes Dried, Peas Frozen/dehydrated, Peas Prpd./Presvd, Sweet corn frozen/ canned, Grams, Grams Dal etc. |
| Areas of Cultivation and Processing: |
The raw vegetables are typically grown in field conditions and are mainly grown in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, hilly regions of north Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tripura, West Bengal and Odisha. |
| India Facts and Figures : |
| India is also a prominent exporter of Processed Vegetables to the world. The country has exported 410,415.99 MT of Processed Vegetables to the world for the worth of Rs. 4,987.39 Crores/ 620.11 USD Millions during the year 2022-23 (Source: DGCIS). |
| Major Export Destinations (2022-23) : U.S.A, U.K., Philippines, Germany and Thailand (Source: DGCIS). |
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