Turmeric Export Performance of India

Turmeric Export Performance of India

Author Name : Anand Avale, Dr. Kiran Kumar P

ABSTRACT

Indiais popularly known as the spice bowl of the world as a wide variety of spices with premium quality are grown in the country since ancient times. India has occupied around 60 per cent of the world trade in turmeric. The export performance of turmeric in India have been examined using secondary data for the period 2010-11 to 2019-20.During the study period, turmeric exports increased from 49,250 tonnes in 2010-11 to 136,000 tonnes in 2019-20 and the export value of turmeric increased from 70,285.18 lakhs in 2010-2011 to 121,640.00 lakhs in 2019-20.India exports turmeric mainly to countries like Bangladesh, Germany, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the U.A.E., U.S.A. This study is focussed on the growth and trend of turmeric export in India, and this main aim of this study is the major country-wise turmeric export performance of India and major problems of turmeric export in India