India ships first frozen French fries consignment to Iraq, boosting processed food exports

New Delji, July 20 -- India exported 24 Metric Tonnes (MT) of Frozen French Fries to Iraq marking a significant milestone in promoting value-added agricultural exports while strengthening India's processed food export basket.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has facilitated the first export of 24 Metric Tonnes (MT) of Frozen French Fries from Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand to Iraq. Exported by Virun Global Trade Pvt. Ltd., Ministry of Commerce & Industry said in a statement.

Abhishek Dev, Chairman, APEDA, said that logistics costs continue to influence the competitiveness of exports from landlocked states such as Uttarakhand...