'India's tamarind exports to rise by 10 pc'

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Spice Board on Monday said exports of tamarind are likely to log an impressive 10 per cent growth this year, though shipments to America, a major market, may come down.

"Tamarind exports are likely to surge by 10 per cent in 2007-08 on account of rising export orders," Spice Board Director (Marketing) S Kannan said in an interview.

"Export orders for Indian tamarind is picking up, especially from the UAE and Saudi Arabia," he said.

Last year, exports of tamarind rose remarkably by 26.19 per cent to Rs 3,884.50 lakh as compared to Rs 3,078.20 lakh in the 2005-06. India shipped total 17,488.78 tonnes of tamarind to about 50 countries.

According to the official data, India exported 3,942.73 tonnes to the UAE, 2,180.65 tonnes to Saudi Arabia, 1,881.90 tonnes to Bangladesh, 1,707 tonnes to Syria and 1,247.40 tonnes to Egypt.

Interestingly, the export price of the commodity to Brazil stood highest at Rs 49.50 per kg and the lowest was Bangladesh at Rs 5.92 per kg.

The Spice Board said that it is upbeat about the exports despite some hurdles from the US.

Kannan said that the tamarind exports to the American markets are suffering a setback on account of higher shipments costs, especially the testing and treatment fee of the commodity at entry level.