GUWAHATI: Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati has been approved as an export point for agarwood chips and agarwood oil, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal announced on Saturday, October 31.
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Sharing the announcement on X, Goyal said the approval came following a request from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“At the request of Chief Minister HimantaBiswa ji, the Modi Government has approved Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport, Guwahati, as the export point for Agarwood chips and Agarwood oil,” Goyal wrote.
He further said the decision would help farmers, producers and exporters send agarwood products to designated international markets.
Reacting to the announcement, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the approval would bring relief to lakhs of people associated with the agarwood industry in Assam.
“Assam being the leading producer of this product which has a high demand in global market, Guwahati Airport's Export point declaration comes as a great relief for lakhs of people associated with this industry,” Sarma wrote.
Assam is one of India's leading agarwood-producing states. On October 26, the Chief Minister flagged off 123 kg of agarwood chips for export to Dubai.
At the time, Sarma said Assam accounts for 81% of India's agarwood production.
