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Table 10.7 <strong>Tamarind</strong> exports (mt) from Sri Lanka, 1996-1998<br />

Country<br />

Year<br />

1996 1997 1998<br />

Mt Rs Mn Mt Rs Mn Mt Rs Mn<br />

Australia 6 0.48 - - - -<br />

Canada<br />

- - 1 0.08 - -<br />

Egypt<br />

- - 1 0.07 - -<br />

India<br />

- - 20 0.28 21 0.23<br />

Lebanon - - - - 2 0.27<br />

Norway 0.9 0.09 - - - -<br />

Pakistan 1783 21.99 6589 72.93 841 10.16<br />

Saudi Arabia - - - - 3 0.39<br />

Switzerland 2 0.11 - - - -<br />

UAE<br />

21 0.37 292 3.60 44 0.88<br />

1813 23.04 6903 76.96 911 11.93<br />

Source: Sri Lanka Customs Reports, 1996-98<br />

The Philippines have been exporting glazed or crystallised tamarind<br />

annually to North America and Guam since 1977, <strong>the</strong> current export figure is<br />

30,000 kg annually. The Philippines also exports fresh pods of <strong>the</strong> sweet<br />

type to France, Europe and <strong>the</strong> USA. Indonesia also exports about 20,000<br />

tonnes of tamarind, mainly to Australia (Vinning and Moody, 1997. Figure<br />

10.3 below). The prices have increased by nearly 50% over five years. In <strong>the</strong><br />

Australian market, <strong>the</strong> price per kilogram is $A 0.5.<br />

7000<br />

6000<br />

5000<br />

4000<br />

3000<br />

2000<br />

1000<br />

0<br />

Tons<br />

TAMARIND - INDONESIA<br />

Exports, 1990-95<br />

US$ / kg<br />

1990 1992 1993 1994 1995<br />

Figure 10.3 <strong>Tamarind</strong> exports from Indonesia 1990-1995<br />

(Source: Vinning and Moody, 1997)<br />

128<br />

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0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

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Volume<br />

Value

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