Brief on India s agricultural trade with Russia. The latest data on agricultural trade between India and Russia is annexed (Tab 1&2).

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1 Brief on India s agricultural trade with Russia The latest data on agricultural trade between India and Russia is annexed (Tab &). ) Analysis of agriculture trade between India and Russia a) In the year 5-6, India s total export of agricultural and allied commodities to Russia was of the order of US $ 37.5 million. India s principal exports during this period were black tea, extracts essences and constraint of coffee, boneless meat, rice, shrimps and prawns, grapes, cucumber & gherkins, onion etc. b) During the same period, India s agricultural and allied import from Russia was of the order of US $ million. India s principal imports were pulses (peas and chickpeas), corianders, crude oil of sunflowers, etc. Source: D/o Commerce Table - India s top agri export to Russia in USD million S.No. HSCode Commodity Boneless meat Other shrimps and prawns : frozen Onions dried Grapes fresh Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea : 6 63 Semi/wholly miled rice w/n polished/glazed 7 74 Seasamum seeds w/n broken Muclgs and thcknrs w/n modifd derivd from locust beans locust bean seeds/guar seeds 9 Cucmbrs and ghrkns prpd/prsvd by acetic acid Extrcts essncs and cncntrts of coffe Total agri export to Russia Table - India s Top Agri Import From Russia in USD million S.No. HSCode Commodity Peas (pisum sativum) dried and shld Chickpeas (garbanzos) dried and shld Othr dried and shld luguminous vegitabls Seeds of coriander:neither crushed nor ground: 5 99 Other wheat and meslin Mustard seeds w/n broken Crude oil of sunflower and safflower seed Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces Other food preparations.4. 5 Gin and geneva..7 Total agri import from Russia Source: D/o Commerce ) Potential agriculture items of India s export to Russia

2 Russia imports the following agriculture items from other countries in the world which India has also potential to export. Chapter Commodity description Analysis 6 Live plants, roses For these items, India s global exports and 7 Tomatoes, onion, pepper of genus capsicum Russia s global imports were more than US$ 5 million in 5 However, Russia imports of these Mangoes, banana items from India were either Nil or insignificant Barley, maize, wheat during the said year. Wheat flour, maize (corn) starch Soya beans 5 Coconut oil 7 Sugar 3 Soya bean oil cake 5 Cotton Source: Refer Table 3 Russia may explore the possibility of sourcing these agricultural items from India. Sanitary Phytosanitary (SPS) and other requirements in respect of these products may be sought from Russia. 3) Average agriculture tariff Average agriculture tariff rate of India and Russia are 33.5% and 3.3 % respectively.

3 Product code Table 3- List of India s potential exports to Russia (Value in US$ million) India's exports to Russian Russian Federation's imports from world India's exports to world Product label Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn ( Fresh cut roses and buds, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 79 Fresh or chilled potatoes (excluding seed) Tomatoes, fresh or chilled Fresh or chilled onions and shallots Fresh or chilled fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta 7999 Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s Sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen 7 Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen 74 Cucumbers and gherkins provisionally preserved, e.g. by... 7 Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared 3 Fresh or dried cashew nuts, shelled Fresh or dried walnuts, shelled Fresh or dried bananas (excluding plantains) Fresh or dried guavas, mangoes and mangosteens Fresh or dried oranges Fresh or dried lemons "Citrus limon, Citrus limonum" and limes ",... 6 Fresh grapes Dried grapes Fresh watermelons Fresh apples Fresh tamarinds, cashew apples, jackfruit, lychees, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya and other edible fruit, jackfruit, lychees, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola,... Frozen strawberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, 9 Frozen fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked

4 by steaming or fruit and nuts, 94 Pepper of the genus Piper, neither crushed nor ground Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground Ginger, neither crushed nor ground Spices (excluding pepper of the genus Piper, fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, 99 Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) Barley (excluding seed for sowing) Maize seed for sowing Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed Wheat or meslin flour Cereal flours (excluding wheat, meslin and maize) Maize starch Soya beans, whether or not broken (excluding seed for sowing) Groundnuts, shelled, whether or not broken Sesamum seeds, whether or not broken Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken 99 Vegetable seeds, for sowing Plants, parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for 539 Coconut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 553 Castor oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 559 Fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not 56 Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, interesterified, 74 Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter 799 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form 33 Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues 34 Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean Cotton, neither carded nor combed Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste

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