Agricultural processed food products exports from India: Challenges and opportunities

India can become one of the largest fruit and vegetable exporters in the world and can equally be a large importer given its demographic diversity. This strong footing in agriculture provides a large and varied raw material base for food processing. The Indian food –processing industry is primarily export oriented. India's geographical situation gives it the unique advantage of connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Korea. Agricultural Processed Food Products have considerable export potentials and if it is properly utilized, growers, processors, traders as well as national economy will benefit. It requires correct assessment of world market, high quality of raw produce, high quality of processed product and competitive production cost.