AGRI EXPORT ZONES For details visit  APEDA website 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