New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- GI-tagged Mithila Makhana has been exported from Bihar to Australia by sea for the first time, with the 18-metric-tonne consignment providing farmers in Darbhanga nearly 18 per cent higher returns than the market price, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.

Calling the development "another major milestone in the global market", Goyal said the shipment was facilitated with the support of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).

"18 metric tons of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana was exported for the first time from Bihar to Australia via sea route," Goyal said in a post on X.

The minister said the consignment was "procured directly from farmers in Darb...