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India Shoots for a $1 billion Global Organic Market

India aims to export $1 billion worth of organic products in the next five years as there is greater demand for non-food products such as organic cotton, reports the Economic Times.

"Five years from now, we should aim at achieving $1 billion in organic products export by harnessing the potential in other products like organic cotton and other," Commerce Secretary Rahul Kullar said on the occasion of 10th anniversary of implementation of National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP).

India's organic products exports jumped to $125 million from $12 million in a span of eight years, he said. Khullar also called concerned stakeholders to focus more on promoting organic products in the domestic market. "We are not concerned about organic products not only for export purpose, but also because environment-friendly farm practises will help achieve sustainable agriculture in the country," he said.

So far, the focus on export has been on organic food items, such as, tea and spices. But there is a greater scope in non-organic food items as well, he added.