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10.6 Exports<br />

India is <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>emost exporter of tamarind and its products. Exports of fresh<br />

tamarind during 2001-2002 reached 1434.15 MT valued at about Rs 24<br />

million. The importing countries are mainly Pakistan (170.6 MT, valued at<br />

Rs 1.8 million) followed by UAE (232.05 MT valued at Rs 4.285 million),<br />

Japan and Yemen. The o<strong>the</strong>r importing countries include Germany, France,<br />

Malaysia, United Kingdom, Italy and Bangladesh.<br />

India exports tamarind in different <strong>for</strong>ms i.e., fresh, dried, powdered, paste<br />

and seed <strong>for</strong>m. Exports of tamarind in different <strong>for</strong>ms are given in Tables<br />

10.3-10.10.<br />

Table 10.3 Export of fresh tamarind from India<br />

Country Quantity<br />

(Metric tons)<br />

2000-2001 2001-2002<br />

Value<br />

(Rs million)<br />

124<br />

Quantity<br />

(Metric tons)<br />

Value<br />

(Rs million)<br />

Australia 0 0 5.22 0.103<br />

Bahrain 0 0 3.80 0.084<br />

Bangladesh 133.70 1.775 0 0<br />

Belgium 40.00 0.505 0 0<br />

Djibouti 24.50 0.410 0 0<br />

Egypt 191.50 4.364 231.00 5.160<br />

Ethiopia 7.00 0.170 0 0<br />

Germany 14.44 0.428 0 0<br />

Indonesia 20.00 0.187 0 0<br />

Italy 20.00 0.207 0 0<br />

Japan 6.40 0.139 0 0<br />

Korea 0 0 10.08 0.142<br />

Kuwait 23.50 0.518 24.54 0.882<br />

Malaysia 402.93 4.023 152 1.262<br />

Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands 40.00 0.492 20.00 0.260<br />

Pakistan 648.42 8.867 170.6 1.805<br />

Saudi Arabia 116.14 1.631 146.98 1.579<br />

Singapore 143.23 1.693 43.15 1.299<br />

Sri Lanka 2.00 0.060 0 0<br />

Syria 148.00 3.170 230.5 4.500<br />

UAE 219.12 3.580 232.05 4.285<br />

UK 36.56 1.208 21.68 0.431<br />

USA 0 0 29 0.671<br />

Yemen 41.15 0.505 113.55 1.525<br />

Total 2278.59 33.932 1434.15 23.988<br />

Source: Indian Agriculture (2003)

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