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Lulu Group intends to up agri sourcing from India to Rs 15,000 crore in pair of years, says CMD, ET Retail

.UAE-headquartered retailer Doozy Group is seeking to raise the quantum of Indian agri procurements to Rs 15,000 crore in the next 2 years as it expands its system worldwide, a best firm representative stated on Tuesday. Its own leader and taking care of director M A Yusuff Ali told press reporters that the provider plans to possess an exclusive focus on the organic good procurement and finds the worth of such items climbing to Rs 2,000 crore in a year. "Concerning Rs 10,000 crore imports (of agri items) our company are actually performing yearly. Our company are trying to improve it to Rs 15,000 crore within 2 years due to the fact that our company are also increasing our footprint in numerous countries," he claimed. The bring ins primarily consist of products including fruit products, veggies, rice, herbal tea, sweets, spice and millets, he claimed, indicating that the produce heads to the Bay Cooperation Authorities (GCC) nations and other far-east countries. Ali mentioned his team has tied up with the Indian government-promoted Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Growth Authority to enhance the portion of natural product purchases. The company is actually looking to import approximately Rs 2,000 crore of organic fruit and vegetables coming from the country in a year initially as well as take it approximately Rs 4,000 crore the following year, he stated. The UAE-based group is wanting to consolidate groups of planter developers in smaller communities also, he added. The business is actually investing Rs 500 crore to put together a logistic center, featuring cold store in Noida, as well as aims to appoint it in the upcoming two-three months. In a similar way, a food items plant in Kashmir is likewise "virtually full" and will be commenced in 2-3 months, he pointed out. Ali declined opinion when inquired about his perspectives on policies controling multibrand retail in the country. Meanwhile, a source in the team mentioned it is taking a look at Maharashtra's winter capital Nagpur to have a shopping center. The team has actually commenced or resides in the process of building shopping complexes in urban areas like Coimbatore, Lucknow, Calicut, Ahmedabad, etc.
Posted On Sep 11, 2024 at 08:11 AM IST.




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