Maharashtra: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Maharashtra known for?

• BhakarwadiRolled, spiced dough spirals filled with coconut and sesame, fried
• ChakliSpiral pressed snack of rice, gram and urad flours
• ChivdaMix of flattened rice or sev, peanuts and lentils, fried

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What does Maharashtra export?

• Agri and processed food to the USA

  161,000 t, US$442 million (2024–25)

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• Processed vegetables to the USA

  US$59 million (2024–25)

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• Cereal preparations to the USA

  US$37 million (2024–25)

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• Mangoes via Vashi facility (mainly USA)

  1,413 t (2025 season, to date of report)

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• Raisins

  6,309 t (April–November 2025)

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India publishes few export figures by state of origin. Where a figure is national, a port total or a single shipment, it says so.

Where is it grown, processed and shipped?

• Lasalgaon, Nashik

  Onion market yard described as Asia's largest; Lasalgaon onion GI Source

• Nashik

  Table grapes (GI) for export; state grows over 67% of India's grapes (2023–24) Source

• Tasgaon, Sangli

  Raisin drying, auctions and cold storage; Sangli raisins GI (2016) Source

• Sangli

  Turmeric trading centre; Sangli turmeric GI (2018) Source

• Ratnagiri

  Alphonso mango (GI 2018); mango ODOP Source

• Kolhapur

  Kolhapur jaggery (GI); sugarcane and jaggery ODOP Source

• Vashi, Thane (Navi Mumbai)

  Mango vapour heat treatment and irradiation export facility; 1,413 t shipped in 2025 season Source

• Satara

  Operational mega food park at Degaon; jaggery ODOP Source

Sources

• APEDA GI list for Maharashtra
• APEDA onion page, production shares 2023–24
• Sangli raisins (Wikipedia)
• Kolhapur jaggery GI document
• NCAER, Konkan cashew processing
• Bakarwadi (Wikipedia)