Spice export surges by 47% in first ten months of the fiscal

23 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Indian spices exports have shown good growth in rupee realization term however the volume of export grew by marginal 1%. The country's spices export volumes moved up by 1% to 4,36,175 tonnes in April 2011-January 2012 against 4,32,115 tonnes in the same period last year. While, rupee realisation grew 47% to Rs 7,849 crore against Rs 5,354 crore in the first 10 months of the last year.

For the first time, the export of spices has mounted to over Rs 7,850 crore. Spices export from India had touched a new high during the 2010-11 fiscal, with a volume of 5.25 lakh tonnes and earnings of about Rs 6,840 crore. The target was only 4.65 lakh tonnes and Rs 5,100 crore. The rapid growth in unit value across several spices was the principal driver for the good performance. There was strident growth in the export unit value of mint and mint products, nutmeg and mace, spice oils and oleoresins, ginger, chilly and coriander. Meanwhile, the unit value of small cardamom fell.  Cardamom exports though marked an all-time record in spite of a fall in price of small cardamom. The country exported 3,900 tonnes of small cardamom valued at Rs 308 crore.

Export of nutmeg and mace surged considerably and were up by 112% in quantity to 3,100 tonnes and 212% in value to Rs 204 crore.  The export of turmeric showed an increase of 69% to 67,000 tonnes in quantity and 14% in value terms to Rs 643 crore, during the period April 2011-January 2012. Value added spice products also showed an uptrend. Mint products, the increase in value was 44%, though Spice oils and oleoresins exports showed a decline of 11% in quantity even as value realisation increased by 39%.

India accounts for about 50% of the global spice exports, though exports constitute only some 8-10% of the estimated annual production of spices, while 90% of country's spices production continues to be consumed domestically. Spices exports have registered substantial growth during the last five years, registering an annual average growth rate of 21% in value and 8% in volume.

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