New Delhi, July 20 -- The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), operating under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, facilitated the first export consignment of 24 Metric Tonnes (MT) of frozen French fries from Uttarakhand to Iraq.

Shipped by Virun Global Trade Pvt. Ltd. from Kashipur in the Udham Singh Nagar district, the shipment marks a key milestone in scaling up value-added agricultural exports from the landlocked state to global markets, according to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Chairman, APEDA, Abhishek Dev, stated that logistics costs continue to influence the competitiveness of exports from landlocked states such as Uttarakhand. He said APEDA is working closely with the Governmen...