India’s food processing industry ranks fifth in the world in exports, production and consumption. India’s food processing industry has grown annually at 8.4% for the last 5 years. The value addition of the food processing sector as a share of GDP manufacturing was 9.8% in the last financial year. Investment in registered food processing sector had grown by 20.1%.
The Indian food processing industry accounts for 32 per cent of the country’s total food market, one of the largest industries in India and is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export and expected growth. It contributes around 14 per cent of manufacturing Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 13 per cent of India’s exports and six per cent of total industrial investment.
The Indian food processing industry is expected to reach US$ 78 billion by 2018. According to the data provided by the Department of Industrial Policies and Promotion (DIPP), the food processing sector in India has received around US$ 6.70 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the period April 2000-December 2015.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) estimates that the food processing sectors have the potential to attract as much as US$ 33 billion of investment over the next 10 years and also generate employment of nine million person-days. Union Budget 2016-17 has proposed 100 per cent FDI through FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) route in marketing of food products produced and manufactured in India.
INDIAN FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE IN 2015 - 2016 