India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by 8% year-on-year to $ 4.51 billion during April-May period of the current fiscal year as shipments of buffalo meat increased sharply. Exports of rice, fruits and vegetables, however, declined in current fiscal because of the West Asia crisis. According to data from Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, the shipment of buffalo meat, dairy and poultry products in the first two months of FY27, increased sharply by 45% to $ 1.18 billion, while the value of rice exports including basmati and non-basmati varieties dropped marginally to S 2.04 billion on year.