Overview
- The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority facilitated the Papua New Guinea consignment as part of its agri‑export promotion efforts.
- APEDA Chairman Abhishek Dev commended Raipur-based Sponge Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and partners involved in executing the shipment.
- The latest export follows India’s first certified consignment of 12 metric tonnes of fortified rice kernels from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica earlier this week.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal framed the initial shipment as advancing India’s nutrition mission while strengthening foreign trade.
- Industry representatives from Chhattisgarh said further consignments and new destination markets are being planned for fortified rice.