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AGRI EXPORT ZONES

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With a view to promoting agricultural exports from the country and remunerative returns to the farming community in a sustained manner, the concept of the agri export zones (AEZ) was floated. These zones have been set up for end to end development for export of specific products from a geographically contiguous area.

AEZ are to be identified by the State Government, who would evolve a comprehensive package of services provided by all State Government agencies, State agriculture universities and all institutions and agencies of the Union Government for intensive delivery in these zones. Corporate sector with proven credentials would be encouraged to sponsor new agri export zone or take over already notified agri export zone or part of such zones for boosting agri exports from the zones.

Services which would be managed and co-ordinated by State Government/corporate sector and would include provision of pre/post harvest treatment and operations, plant protection, processing, packaging, storage and related research & development etc. APEDA will supplement, within its schemes and provisions, efforts of State Governments for facilitating such exports.

Units in AEZ would be entitled for all the facilities available for exports of goods in terms of provisions of the respective schemes.

The Agri Export Zones are notified under Appendix 15 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol 1) under the Exim Policy.

The list of the Agri Export Zones is as under:

S. No.	Product	State	Districts covered
1	Pineapple	West Bengal	Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, Howrah
2	Gherkins	Karnataka	Tumkur, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Hassan, Kolar, Chitradurga, Dharwad and Bagalkot
3	Lychees	Uttranchal	Udhamsingh Nagar, Dehradun and Nainital
4	Cut Flowers	Tamil Nadu	Dharmapuri
5	Grape & Grapevine	Maharashtra	Nasik, Sangli, Sholapur, Satara, Ahmednagar
6	Mango Pulp & Fresh Vegetables	Andhra Pradesh	Chitoor
7	Pineapple	Tripura	Kumarghat, Manu, Melaghar, Matabari and Kakraban Blocks
8	Mangoes	Maharashtra	Rantagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigarh and Thane
9	Apples	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar, Baramula, Anantnag, Kupwara, Kathua and Pulwama
10	Potatoes, Onion and Garlic	Madhya Pradesh	Malwa, Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Dhar, Shajapur, Ratlam, Neemuch Mandsaur and Khandwa
11	Cabbage, Broccoli, Okra, Peas, Carrot, Baby Corn, Green Chillies, Green Beans, Tomato	Punjab	Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Sangrur, Ludhiana and Ropar
12	Potatoes	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Kannoj, Meerut, Baghpat and Aligarh, Janpad Badaiyun, Rampur, Ghaziabad, and Firozabad
13	Mangoes and Vegetables	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow, Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur and Barabanki
14	Mangoes	Uttar Pradesh	Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Meerut, Baghpat and Bulandshahr, Jyotifulenagar
15	Potatoes	Punjab	Singhpura, Zirakpur Distt. Patiala and satellite centres at Rampura Phul, Muktsar, Ludhiana, Jullundur
16	Kesar mango	Maharashtra	Aurangabad, Beed,Jalna,Ahmednagar and Latur
17	Flowers	Maharashtra	Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Sangli
18	Walnut	Jammu & Kashmir	Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam,Kupwara, Srinagar, Doda, Poonch, Udhampur, Rajouri and Kathua
19	Lychee	West Bengal	Murshidabad, Malda, 24 Pargana(N) and 24 Pargana(S)
20	Lychee & Vegetables	Bihar	Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Hajipur, Vaishali, East and West Champaran, Bhagalpur, Begu Sarai, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Saran and Gopalganj
21	Mango & Grapes	Andhra Pradesh	Rangareddy, Medak, Mehboobnagar
22	Mangoes & Vegetables	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Khaida, Anand, Vadodara, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Bharuch, Narmada
23	Potatoes	West Bengal	Hooghly, Burdhwan, Midnapore (W), Uday Narayanpur, Howrah
24	Flowers	Uttranchal	Dehradun, Pantnagar, Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital and Uttarkashi
25	Flowers (Orchids)& Cherry Pepper	Sikkim	East Sikkim
26	Ginger	Sikkim	North, East, South & West Sikkim
27	Rose Onion	Karnataka	Bangalore (Urban), Bangalore (Rural), Kolar
28	Flowers	Karnataka	Bangalore (Urban), Bangalore (Rural), Kolar, Tumkur, Kodagu and Belgaum
29	Apples	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla, Sirmaur, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba and Kinnaur
30	Basmati Rice	Punjab	Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur And Nawanshahar
31	Flowers	Tamilnadu	Nilgiri
32	Mangoes	Andhra Pradesh	Krishna
33	Onion	Maharashtra	Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara, Jalgaon, Solapur
34	Ginger and Turmeric	Orissa	Kandhamal
35	Vegetables	Jharkhand	Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Lohardaga
36	Seed Spices	Madhya Pradesh	Guna, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur and Neemuch
37	Basmati Rice	Uttaranchal	Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun and Haridwar
38	Mango	West Bengal	Maldah and Murshidabad
39	Vegetables	West Bengal	Nadia, Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas
40	Mangoes	Tamil Nadu	Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli
41	Wheat ( including sharbati wheat for Bhopal Zone)	Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain Zone (Neemuch, Ratlam, Mandsaur and Ujjain), Indore Zone (Indore, Dhar, Shajapur and Dewas) and Bhopal Zone ( Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narsinghpur and Bhopal)
42	Horticulture Products	Kerala	Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alapuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Thiruvanthapuram, Idukki and Pallakad
43	Fresh and Processed Ginger	Assam	Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Darrang, Nagaon, Morigaon, Karbi Anglong and North Cachar
44	Basmati Rice	Uttar Pradesh	Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Rampur, Badaun, Bijnor, Moradabad, JB Phulenagar, Sharanpur, Mujjafarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad And Baghpat
45	Medicinal & Aromatic Plants	Uttaranchal	Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Dehradun, Nainital, Haridwar and Udhamsingh Nagar