Value of Spice exports rises despite a fall in volume

10 Oct 2011 Evaluate

The foreign exchange realisation has cheered up the spice exporters, as though there has been a decline in the volume of spices exports from the country during the first five month of the fiscal ( April-August), the value realisation in rupee terms has registered a smart increase. The volume of spices exports declined by 23 per cent to 1,95,500 tonnes compared to 2,55,100 tonnes during the first five months of the last fiscal, while the value increased by 26 per cent to Rs 3,365 crore compared to Rs 2,676 crore in the same period last fiscal. The foreign exchange realisation was up by 29 per cent to $ 751.52 million compared to $581.15 million in the same period last year.

The export growth was mainly driven by pepper, cardamom (small), cardamom (large), ginger, turmeric, nutmeg and mace, tamarind and asafoetida and value added products such as curry powder and paste which increased both in volume and value. While others such as spice oils, oleoresins and mint products registered increases only in value terms. On the same time some of the other spices registered a decline in volume and value both.

The volume and value of pepper exports grew to 8,750 tonnes, realising Rs 234 crore. The earnings from export of small cardamom rose by more than four-fold to Rs 129.94 crore in the first five months of the current fiscal from Rs 27.99 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.  Export value of large cardamom rose by more than three-fold to Rs 19.07 crore in April-August 2011 against Rs 5.19 crore in the year-ago period.  Similarly, export value of ginger more than doubled to Rs 82.02 crore compared to Rs 31.19 crore in the review period.  Spice oils and oleoresins registered a growth of 38 per cent in value to Rs 519 crore while mint and mint product exports grew by 58 per cent to Rs 746 crore.

The volume of exports in the first five months of the current financial year declined mainly due to fall in demand of garlic, fennel and coriander. Shipments of coriander fell by 47 per cent to 12,750 tonnes in April-August 2011 compared to 23,850 tonnes in the same period of previous year, while fennel exports declined by 47 per cent to 2,750 tonnes against 5,225 tonnes in the same period. Export value of garlic, declined by 90 per cent to Rs 5.37 crore in April-August 2011 against Rs 56.20 crore in the same period of the previous year. Also, Chilli exports have seen a drastic fall this year, last year, major export demand for the spice came in from China.

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