© 2023 IJRAR January 2023, Volume 10, Issue 1 www.ijrar.org (E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138) IJRAR23A1621 International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) www.ijrar.org 148 Trends Of India’s Agricultural Export During The Pre-Reform And Post-Reform Periods Dr.V.Loganathan 1 1 Assistant Professor of Economics, Directorate of Distance Education, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai- 625021 Abstract Agriculture has been the largest sector of the Indian economy. It plays a vital role in providing food for the nation, raw materials to the industry providing employment. Past two and a half decades, India has implemented comprehensive trade policy reforms in the agriculture sector due to internal and external factors. This study has investigated patterns of India’s foreign trade in agriculture during pre - reform and reform periods. The effect of liberalization of India’s for eign trade has greatly influenced the structure of trade in goods and services. For this study, the agriculture communities have been classified into Food Crops and food items, Pulses, Oil and oilseeds, Commercial crops, Plantation crops, Animal products, and Oilseed cake meals. Data for this study have been collected from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) official website (www.faostat.fao.org), from 1970 to 2013. In 1970, the highest value of percentage share is observed for the plantation crop export at 36.33 per cent followed by commercial crops at 21.04 per cent, oil seed cake at 13.46 per cent, pulses at 12.66 per cent and food and food crops at 12.23 per cent. In 2013, the highest value of percentage share is observed for animal products export at 42.78 per cent followed by commercial crops at 27.30 per cent, food crops, and food items at 21.49 per cent, plantation crops at 1.76 per cent and pulses at 1.21 per cent. Overall, there is a significant positive change is noted for the percentage share of animal products exports in 2013 compared to most of the year in the study period. In the case of plantation crops, the percentage share of export in total agricultural export has fallen during the study period among the other major group of products. Keywords: Agriculture Export, Pre-reform, Post-reform, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)