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Items under the purview of Food Processing Industries in India

Food processing is a large sector that covers activities such as agriculture, horticulture, plantation, animal husbandry and fisheries. It also includes other industries that use agriculture inputs for manufacturing of edible products. Based on International Standard Industrial Classification, it has been assumed that the factories listed in the following groups can be summed up to constitute Food Processing Industries.


Source: Data Bank on Economic Parameters of the Food Processing Sector