THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)
(a): The data on the State-wise consumption of Cumin seeds, Psyllium and Pepper are not available with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
(b): The mandate for production, research, development, domestic marketing of Spices and Agriculture crops, including Cumin, Psyllium and Pepper, is vested with Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Spices Board has been promoting Indian spices abroad, including Cumin and Pepper, through various campaigns in digital/ social media such on Twitter, Meta (Facebook), YouTube, Instagram, Koo (Indian app), LinkedIn etc. The campaigns on spices are run on digital media so as to transcend borders and appeal to spice enthusiasts all over the world.
In addition to this, various Buyer Seller Meets (BSM) and Trade Fairs are being conducted by Spices Board (for spices) and APEDA (for Psyllium) in various countries to promote the medicinal property of these products.
(c): It is to be noted that product-wise funds are not allocated for the International Promotion. However, funds have been allocated under ‘Export Development and Promotion’ Component in Spices Board’s scheme of ‘Integrated Scheme for Export Promotion & quality Improvement in Spices and Research & Development of Cardamom’ for export promotion of spices, including Cumin and Pepper. Also, funds have been allocated for providing financial assistance under Infrastructure Development, Quality Development and Market Development schemes for scheduled products of APEDA, wherein psyllium husk is also covered.
Besides, Government of India through Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare implements several development programmes for horticulture crops, including pepper and Cumin, through State Departments under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) with an aim to improve production, productivity and quality of the produce and thus augmenting farmers’ income. Major among them are establishment of new garden (area expansion), Integrated pest Management/Integrated Nematode Management, micro irrigation, organic farming, creation of water resources, post-harvest management, development of market yards, human resource development etc.
(d): The data on the quantity of Cumin, Psyllium and Pepper exported during the last five years are as below:
• Value-wise export data of Cumin as per Annexure-I
• Value-wise export data of Pepper as per Annexure-II
• Value-wise export data of Psyllium as per Annexure-III
• Country-wise export data of Cumin as per Annexure-IV
• Country -wise export data of Pepper as per Annexure-V
• Country -wise export data of Psyllium as per Annexure-VI
(e): Psyllium has been notified under the Agriculture Export Policy (AEP) of the Government of India through cluster development to boost its export. Jodhpur, Nagaur, Barmer, Jaisalmer districts of Rajasthan state has been notified as a cluster under AEP. India is currently exporting Psyllium Husk and Seed to tune of US$ 265 million, mainly in Europe, USA, UK, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, China and Australia market.
Spices Board, under the Export Development & Promotion (EDP) component, is providing assistance to exporters for boosting the export of spices, including Cumin and pepper, through focused programs for infrastructure development, trade promotion, up-gradation of quality evaluation facilities, etc. The EDP component is carried out under three major sub-components: infrastructure development, trade promotion and marketing & auxiliary services. The Board, with a view to facilitate processing and value addition of spices for export has established eight crop specific Spices parks in the production / market centers. Spices Board, so as ensure quality and safety aspects of Indian spices for facilitating exports has established eight quality evaluation laboratories across the major production/ exporting centers. The Board has been organizing Quality Improvement training programs across India for farmers, officials of State Agriculture/Horticulture Departments, traders, members of NGOs, other stakeholders etc. for educating them on scientific methods of pre and post-harvest & storage technologies, export, and updated quality requirements for major spices in the leading importing countries, with a view to equip the farmers in generating an exportable surplus of the produce.
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Annexure-I
Export Quantity and Value of CUMIN for last five years
Year Quantity (MT) Value (Rs.Cr)
2016-17 119000 1963.2
2017-18 143670 2417.99
2018-19 180300 2884.8
2019-20 214190 3328.06
2020-21 298423 4251.55
2021-22 (Apr-Jan) 188521 2837.96
Source: Upto 2019-20: DGCI&S Kolkata/Exporters’ Returns/DLE from Customs;
2020-21 onwards: DGCI&S Kolkata
Annexure-II
Export Quantity and Value of PEPPER for last five years
Year Quantity (MT) Value (Rs.Cr)
2016-17 17600 1143.13
2017-18 16840 820.78
2018-19 13540 568.68
2019-20 17000 573.71
2020-21 19980 570.69
2021-22 (Apr-Jan) 17615 599.31
Source: Upto 2019-20: DGCI&S Kolkata/Exporters’ Returns/DLE from Customs;
2020-21 onwards: DGCI&S Kolkata.
Annexure-III
Export Quantity and Value of PSYLLIUM SEED for last five years
Year Quantity (MT) Value (Rs.Cr)
2016-17 1005.17 17.246
2017-18 855.54 14.1868
2018-19 2273.54 38.4527
2019-20 1695.79 27.7459
2020-21 1448.84 24.3175
2021-22 (April-January) 1673.53 24.1062
Source: DGCIS, Kolkata
Export Quantity and Value of PSYLLIUM HUSK for last five years
Year Quantity (MT) Value (Rs.Cr)
2016-17 35422.98 1321.4145
2017-18 39708.38 1457.9505
2018-19 56392.58 1403.0152
2019-20 41591.56 1353.6634
2020-21 50442.71 1935.5883
2021-22 (April-January) 44155.82 1828.1067
Source: DGCIS, Kolkata
Annexure-IV
Country-wise export data of CUMIN
Quantity in tons and Value in Rs. crores
YEAR 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22(APL-Jan)
MAJOR COUNTRY QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE
CHINA 211.5 3.45 28 0.44 2608.47 38.34 54703.65 880.90 102975.6 1397.41 41943.2 600.24
BANGLADESH 10067.72 139.81 18211.33 254.54 26909.47 362.84 32095.36 412.25 40579.73 543.16 28785.91 389.34
U.S.A 11548.32 219.62 10771.44 215.80 13282.47 256.64 14186.36 273.88 18132.8 324.89 13541.25 239.42
U.A.E 8577.04 133.99 10817.03 168.46 7271.76 111.29 8505.66 125.08 13540.12 190.57 8974.41 129.94
NEPAL 3788.46 57.85 5966.41 95.85 7623.77 115.07 7585.92 120.75 11812.43 175.39 9291.59 131.11
EGYPT 2457 38.20 3631 57.27 8419.52 130.99 8981.03 132.53 9256 123.88 8022.2 114.72
U.K 3936.09 78.53 3836.5 76.70 4524.87 90.33 4390.22 88.82 5679.1 107.76 4335.58 89.08
AFGHANISTAN Nil Nil 220.02 3.31 4403 74.51 11471.11 170.97 6448.66 86.86 6176.57 90.60
MOROCCO 1328 20.09 2808 44.46 4724 70.46 6375 95.16 6571.4 86.15 2552.47 35.88
MALAYSIA 4034.69 69.82 3978.42 72.39 4425.01 77.64 4159.96 66.67 4790.64 70.07 4183.89 66.18
BRAZIL 5076.5 61.31 5887.5 74.97 5415 75.91 5385.81 63.71 6828.6 67.76 4145.15 45.55
SAUDI ARABIA 3452.84 53.14 3779.01 56.74 3747.76 54.82 3862.63 55.12 4076.38 53.21 3951.63 55.17
SRI LANKA 2646.5 42.49 2856.32 47.17 3148.38 50.16 3151.81 46.38 3978.15 52.87 3056.85 43.93
MEXICO 1412.23 20.39 2522.23 36.95 2583.41 38.88 3303.26 46.41 4260 51.76 2011 23.61
JAPAN 1170.15 26.17 1182.1 27.12 1082.35 26.77 1739.54 40.63 2128.65 44.66 1979.66 41.22
ALGERIA 1400.25 20.53 1401.1 21.65 286.56 4.35 1231 17.31 3289.32 43.91 767.5 9.99
PERU 628.25 9.91 1781.5 29.79 2117 36.40 1416 21.33 3225.98 43.82 1474 20.60
CANADA 869.26 17.31 1139.16 22.16 1066.85 21.06 1319.24 24.37 1889.01 36.39 1273.95 24.96
SOUTH AFRICA 1013.54 17.65 1278.63 22.63 1310.94 24.10 1413.72 23.94 2230.32 36.02 1132.13 18.64
ISRAEL 1212.76 20.27 1645.04 23.18 1528.81 23.06 1813.92 26.32 2222.62 35.64 1415.25 22.97
VIETNAM(SOUTH) 30917.6 513.26 29697.42 566.00 40560.95 659.02 1122.92 18.82 2095.74 34.82 1469.84 25.98
IRAN 701.41 11.91 1200.62 16.31 841.03 10.43 662 9.18 2437.1 34.58 1543.71 22.24
SPAIN 4366.24 67.03 2743.61 44.63 1695.64 27.31 1870.12 28.95 2334.56 34.39 2555.9 42.85
YEMEN NORTH (Y.A.R) 263.35 4.63 924.25 13.75 1311.2 19.87 2324.72 32.90 2471.68 32.55 1863.6 26.38
NETHERLANDS 535.18 10.67 765.96 15.50 597.73 13.80 845.99 19.14 1437.29 30.55 1645.16 35.67
AUSTRALIA 716.21 15.06 1013.51 19.91 1188.59 23.47 1179.06 22.92 1588.39 30.39 1171.65 24.29
TURKEY 262 4.56 381.76 3.79 433.97 6.62 2552.35 39.91 2111.47 28.60 5080.76 75.06
GERMANY 576.39 10.26 598 7.32 702.17 10.74 486.14 8.75 1199.4 27.82 1291.68 31.33
TOTAL (INCL.OTHERS) in 1000s 119 1.96 143.67 2.42 180 2.88 214.19 3.33 298.423 4.25 188.52 2.84
Source : DGCI&S Kolkata/Exporters Returns/DLE from customs upto 2019-20. 2020-21,2021-22 MoC/DGCI&S Kolkata.
Annexure-V
Country -wise export data of PEPPER
Quantity in tons and Value in Rs. crores
YEAR 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22(APL-Jan)
MAJOR COUNTRY QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE
U.S.A 8128.17 526.80 6377.17 310.83 3964.97 152.51 6680.73 199.04 6547.66 183.76 7259.15 235.23
U.K 1868.25 117.38 2250.05 89.78 1375.34 56.70 1573.91 49.56 1420.63 46.22 951.61 39.31
SWEDEN 1034.1 78.05 833.57 50.19 737.14 34.00 1152.04 46.21 1026.12 40.16 1016.99 42.49
GERMANY 972.3 79.06 916.57 67.16 775.31 42.78 675.52 35.77 755.23 38.38 640.06 34.26
CANADA 361.46 23.06 731.41 35.65 629.93 31.68 616.37 25.66 1176.1 36.45 955.97 32.46
NETHERLANDS 264.28 19.06 371.69 22.49 257.58 14.62 255.82 15.01 655.66 25.61 600.47 24.62
JAPAN 746.71 54.18 484.2 29.39 712.53 31.95 643.22 26.30 536.52 22.76 341.47 18.91
U.A.E 302.75 18.15 231.73 11.30 242.42 10.27 183.97 7.18 703.04 15.63 893.97 25.29
AUSTRALIA 301.16 18.12 453.82 21.40 436.97 14.01 673.64 18.64 458.12 13.08 512 19.94
ITALY 271.54 13.45 351.94 13.26 381.32 15.70 592.78 14.03 507.52 12.66 463.47 16.66
POLAND 85.24 5.17 70.21 4.75 97.26 5.23 104.51 3.94 600.34 11.43 461.28 10.39
SPAIN 290.06 12.94 371.13 14.47 317.29 9.07 236.1 6.99 1059.1 9.76 535.92 7.13
CHINA 57.9 4.65 214.64 10.00 246.58 9.34 229.32 7.39 268.02 8.40 205.44 7.52
TURKEY 207.5 13.62 263.82 10.87 191.19 8.77 173.75 4.76 369.06 8.40 195.93 6.30
PHILLIPINES 147.58 9.17 158.01 6.64 300.29 9.40 476.36 11.56 396.08 8.33 358.95 10.07
FRANCE 516.77 25.48 486.01 20.98 260.24 14.92 276.32 17.15 141.77 8.25 79.89 5.86
VIETNAM(SOUTH) 105.68 6.04 41.29 2.90 44.01 2.25 74.31 2.06 177.68 7.92 52.44 4.71
MALAYSIA 250.97 18.29 174.99 9.71 258.77 10.42 209.14 7.39 224.06 7.62 196.29 8.81
SOUTH AFRICA 119.83 6.04 130.74 5.58 60.54 2.70 117.08 4.56 158.32 5.60 158.45 6.10
BELGIUM 54.8 3.33 52.05 3.32 82.12 3.67 129.98 4.98 121.01 5.27 66.27 3.37
TOTAL (INCL.OTHERS) in 1000s 17.6 1.14 16.84 0.82 13.54 0.57 17 0.57 19.98 0.57 17.63 0.60
Source : DGCI&S Kolkata/Exporters Returns/DLE from customs upto 2019-20. 2020-21,2021-22 DGCI&S Kolkata
Annexure-VI
Country -wise export data of PSYLLIUM SEEDS
Quantity in MT and Value in Rs. Crore
MAJOR COUNTRY 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22(APL-Jan)
QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE
GERMANY 378.77 4.95 458.25 6.21 511.04 6.67 598.38 6.88 481.70 6.56 388.51 5.58
U K 2.95 0.05 22.48 0.39 21.33 0.37 16.76 1.08 55.31 2.98 8.10 0.55
SWEDEN 110.60 1.58 100.35 1.48 116.80 1.51 174.43 2.14 187.20 2.70 335.63 4.61
U S A 22.66 0.48 84.09 2.78 611.03 17.71 257.52 7.72 150.62 2.77 140.05 2.01
SLOVENIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.00 0.24 101.50 1.38 22.50 0.31
IRAN 225.00 3.04 54.00 0.64 143.00 1.74 194.00 2.51 69.00 1.34 113.00 1.57
AUSTRALIA 48.49 1.50 26.48 0.52 32.36 0.65 35.11 0.79 52.04 1.02 59.37 1.15
CANADA 3.73 0.16 7.42 0.28 23.01 0.89 8.86 0.46 11.60 0.69 8.13 0.45
ARGENTINA 1.50 0.02 4.00 0.06 4.00 0.05 7.50 0.08 37.00 0.56 5.00 0.07
BANGLADESH PR 6.04 0.03 12.74 0.04 91.24 1.31 97.00 1.32 88.00 0.63 102.00 0.71
Other Countries 205.43 5.43 85.73 1.79 719.73 7.55 287.23 4.53 214.87 3.68 491.24 7.09
Total 1005.17 17.25 855.54 14.19 2273.54 38.45 1695.79 27.75 1448.84 24.32 1673.53 24.11
Source: Export-Import Bank, DoC
Country -wise export data of PSYLLIUM HUSK
Quantity in MT and Value in Rs. Crore
MAJOR COUNTRY 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 (APR-JAN)
QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE QTY VALUE
U S A 15755.99 512.93 16737.27 522.29 19220.39 542.67 15316.45 449.24 22336.34 798.20 18631.25 738.19
GERMANY 3989.77 158.86 6220.17 250.24 5383.15 180.62 6519.95 223.76 7381.69 306.50 6719.45 293.06
ITALY 1686.01 80.87 1913.12 95.05 2194.43 86.36 2182.15 85.05 2339.00 106.34 2235.57 96.29
BANGLADESH PR 532.58 13.99 608.55 17.14 14420.72 43.79 2934.93 72.76 2566.38 64.25 1718.80 48.10
U K 1369.21 54.95 1387.92 55.32 1263.62 49.15 1418.67 56.98 1458.14 63.66 1292.31 60.37
CHINA P RP 600.86 25.26 1249.03 50.56 1582.07 69.51 907.73 38.36 1321.76 60.45 1003.43 47.07
AUSTRALIA 803.76 33.67 827.41 32.96 1160.24 38.83 873.79 29.29 1114.25 45.39 914.10 38.71
JAPAN 358.66 19.84 373.87 18.65 392.58 17.16 428.22 18.62 636.21 34.84 455.23 25.08
KOREA RP 484.33 20.61 577.22 23.48 675.82 24.67 730.08 26.26 863.18 34.32 1343.54 61.80
FRANCE 732.20 27.42 868.64 32.86 669.42 23.38 728.64 27.17 827.54 34.05 721.76 29.95
Other Countries 9109.61 373.00 8945.18 359.42 9430.14 326.87 9550.95 326.17 9598.22 387.59 9120.38 389.49
Total 35422.98 1321.41 39708.38 1457.95 56392.58 1403.02 41591.56 1353.66 50442.71 1935.59 44155.82 1828.11
Source: Export-Import Bank, DoC
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