DRIED & PRESERVED VEGETABLES
India is the major producer of Processed Vegetables like Preserved Onions, Cucumber & Gherkins, provisionally preserved, Mushrooms of the Genus Agaricus, other Mushrooms and Truffles, Green Pepper in Brine, Dried Truffles, Asparagus Dried, Dehydrated Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Garlic Flakes, Garlic Dried, Potatoes Dried, Grams, Grams Dal, Onion Prepared/Preserved etc. Many non-traditional vegetables mainly processed cucumber and gherkins and other vegetables produced like asparagus, celery, bell pepper, sweet corn, green and lime beans and organically grown vegetables are also being increasingly exported.
Varieties
The major varieties under Processed Vegetables are as follows Mushroom (Button Mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Paddy straw mushroom and milky mushroom) Garlic (Agrifound White (G-41), Yamuna Safed (G-1), Yamuna Safed 2 (G-50), Yamuna Safed 3 (G-282), Agrifound Parvati (G-313) and Yamuna Safed 4 (G 323).
The individual products under this sub-head are as below
Preserved Onions Cucumber & Gherkins, Mushrooms of the Genus Agaricus, other Mushrooms and Truffles, Green Pepper in Brine, Dried Truffles, Asparagus Dried, Dehydrated Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Garlic Flakes, Garlic Dried, Potatoes Dried, Grams, Grams Dal.
Areas of Cultivation and Processing
The raw vegetables are typically grown in field conditions and are mainly grown in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, hilly regions of north Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tripura, West Bengal and Odisha.
India Facts and Figures
India is also a prominent exporter of Processed Vegetables to the world. The country has exported 460,621.02 MT of Processed Vegetables to the world for the worth of Rs. 3,986.47 Crores/ 534.95 USD Millions during the year 2021-22.
Major Export Destinations (2021-22)
The U.S.A, the U.K., Germany, Thailand, Nepal and Canada