APEDA Facilitates India's First Organic Palmyra Jaggery Powder Export to Bulgaria

Key facts

• India exported its first consignment of organic Palmyra Jaggery Powder to Bulgaria, flagged off on October 15 from Gobichettipalayam in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, to Varna, Bulgaria.
• The 1.755-tonne consignment was facilitated by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• The product is certified under India's National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) and European Union organic standards, and will be shipped by sea through Chennai Port.
• The shipment was manufactured and exported by Wellbeing Foods, Erode, in collaboration with Chetty Exports Private Limited, Chennai, and will be imported and distributed in Bulgaria by Sow Life Ltd.
• The initiative covers 137 acres under organic cultivation, with price realisation approximately 15-22 per cent higher for farmers and 17 per cent higher for the manufacturer compared with the domestic market.
• APEDA Chairman Abhishek Dev flagged off the consignment; APEDA Secretary Saswati Bose and other stakeholders were also present.