India Records all time high Export of Coir and Coir Products
Posted On: 15 JUL 2020 3:25PM by PIB Delhi
The export, of coir and coir products from India
worth Rs. 2757.90 crore for the year 2019-20, registers
an all-time high record, which is around Rs. 30 crore
higher than that of the last year i.e. 2018-19 which stood at Rs. 2728.04 crore. 9,88,996 MT of coir
and coir products were exported during the year 2019-20 from the country as against
964046 MT exported during the preceding year. While the exports of coir pith, tufted
mats, coir Geo-textiles, coir rugs and carpets, coir other sorts, coir rope and
power-loom mats registered growth both in terms of quantity and value. The products
like hand-loom mats, coir yarn, rubberized coir and power-loom matting showed decline
in terms of quantity and increase in terms of value.
·
Coir pith with export earnings
of Rs. 1349.63 crore constituted 49% of the total export
of coir products from the country.
·
Coir fibre
with an export of Rs. 498.43 crore constituted to 18%
of the total exports.
·
The value added items put
together constituted 33% of the total exports.
·
Tufted Mats topped among the
value added products (20% in value).
·
The export of coir and coir
products never showed decrease during the period, which shows there is no chance
for the coir entrepreneur to worry about the business.
·
The domestic market for coir
and coir products also shows an increasing trend.
·
Exports are made through several
ports of India out of which around 99% of the Exports of Coir and Coir Products
are made through Tuticorin, Cochin and Chennai Ports.
The other main ports of export of coir and coir products are Vishakapattanam, Mumbai, Kolkata etc.
Small quantities of exports were made through roads from Kannur, Coimbatore and
Rexual.
The port-wise details of exports are as under:
Port-wise Export (2019-20)
|
Sl. No. |
Port/ Place of Export |
Qty. (MT) |
Value (Rs. Lakhs) |
|
1 |
Tuticorin |
519144 |
122910.39 |
|
2 |
Cochin |
217930 |
107023.69 |
|
3 |
Chennai |
238970 |
43159.93 |
|
4 |
Vishakapatanam |
11578 |
1871.26 |
|
5 |
Mumbai |
1145 |
596.15 |
|
6 |
Kolkata |
113 |
131.89 |
|
7 |
Bangalore |
41 |
58.19 |
|
8 |
Others (By Road) |
75 |
38.63 |
|
|
Total |
988996 |
2,75,790.13 |