India surpassed its coffee export target for 2010-11 by 44 per cent, shipping 3,25,116 tonnes overseas during the financial year, Parliament was informed today.

The government had set a target for 2,25,000 tonnes export in the fourth year (2010-11) of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12), the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia, said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

The export target in the 11th Plan has been fixed at 2,50,000 tonnes annually, he added.

India produced 2,99,000 tonnes in the 2010-11 fiscal, 1,000 tonnes lower than the target set for the period, the minister said.

Last fiscal, 22,545 coffee estates were established across the country against a target of 20,000. In the entire 11th Plan, the target is to set up 1,00,000 estates.

The government is also implementing several schemes for the promotion of coffee in non-traditional areas (NTAs) and the North-East Region (NER), Mr Scindia said.

While 4,710 hectares of land was brought under coffee plantation in NTAs and other tribal sectors, another 303 hectares was covered in the NER.

The country consumed 1,08,000 tonnes of coffee last financial year, he said.

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