As per Press release by Ministry of Commerce & Industry of Govt of India 30-November, 2015
There are 64 Abattoirs-cum-Meat Processing Plants/stand alone Abattoirs and 38 meat processing plants registered with Agricultural Processed Export Development Authority (APEDA) in the country at present.
The quantity and value of meat exported from the country during each of last three years and the current year, product and country-wise is given below. As per Foreign Trade Policy of the Government, meat export of beef which covers cows, oxen, bulls and calves is prohibited and is not allowed.
(i) EXPORT OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS:
Quantity in MT/Value in US$ Million
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 (Upto Sept.) | |||||
| COMMODITY | Qty | VALUE | Qty | VALUE | Qty | VALUE | Qty | VALUE |
| BUFFALO MEAT | 1076103 | 3201.14 | 1365643 | 4350.38 | 1475540 | 4781.18 | 59884 | 1889.98 |
| OTHER MEAT | 194 | 0.43 | 268 | 0.55 | 262 | 0.44 | – | – |
| PROCESSED MEAT | 796 | 1.73 | 508 | 1.29 | 405 | 2.29 | 27 | 0.91 |
| SHEEP/GOAT MEAT | 15287 | 78.35 | 22608 | 115.37 | 23614 | 135.71 | 1250 | 72.75 |
| Grand Total | 1092380 | 3281.65 | 1389027 | 4467.59 | 1499821 | 4919.62 | 61161 | 1963.64 |
(ii) Country-wise (top five) export of meat
Quantity in MT/Value in Rs.Crore
| COUNTRY | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 (Apr to Sep) | ||||
| QTY | VAL | QTY | VAL | QTY | VAL | QTY | VAL | |
| VIETNAM | 302556.15 | 5129.19 | 524483.90 | 10976.18 | 633939.42 | 13210.11 | 208533.10 | 4586.80 |
| EGYPT | 71295.33 | 1257.20 | 107825.72 | 2033.33 | 128082.00 | 2574.03 | 80948.00 | 1659.03 |
| MALAYSIA | 115360.03 | 1943.71 | 121713.22 | 2356.42 | 130876.81 | 2586.03 | 69623.90 | 1381.61 |
| SAUDI ARAB | 73852.09 | 1301.22 | 80432.32 | 1691.79 | 80844.87 | 1844.36 | 33315.75 | 805.49 |
| IRAQ | 24738.20 | 352.99 | 29992.00 | 526.77 | 23602.54 | 406.16 | 24665.46 | 449.18 |
| Others | 504571.47 | 7862.86 | 524565.87 | 9578.52 | 502459.96 | 9506.88 | 194604.77 | 3762.94 |
| Grand Total | 1092373.26 | 17847.17 | 1389013.03 | 27163.01 | 1499805.59 | 30127.56 | 611690.98 | 12645.04 |
As per Foreign Trade Policy of the Government, export and import of live camel is‘restricted’ and meat of the camel is ‘free’. However, no export of meat of camel during the last three years and the current year (Upto September, 2015) has been made.
This information was given by the Minister of State(Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.