The
state-wise production of cashew in the country during the last three years, is
given below.
Production (Quantity in MT)
|
State
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
|
Maharashtra
|
223000
|
224640
|
236200
|
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
110000
|
118144
|
100420
|
|
Odisha
|
97000
|
100840
|
85710
|
|
Kerala
|
73000
|
76960
|
80120
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
68000
|
62400
|
67390
|
|
Others
|
13200
|
145490
|
166720
|
|
Total
|
692000
|
728474
|
736560
|
Source:
Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development
Production
data for the current year i.e. 2014-15, will be available after February, 2015.
State-wise data on consumption of cashew kernel is not available.
The
quantum and value of cashew export and import during the last three years and
current year, country-wise is given below:
(i) Export of cashew kernels country-wise
(top 5 destination):
Quantity in MT/Value in Rs.Crs.
|
|
2011-2012
|
2012-2013
|
2013-2014
|
2014-15*
(April- May)
|
|
Countries
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
|
U.S.A
|
47611
|
1470.47
|
33898
|
1505.80
|
30106
|
1236.17
|
17.62
|
0.08
|
|
U.A.E
|
14173
|
606.105
|
17437
|
788.84
|
13625
|
550.18
|
9.52
|
0.04
|
|
Netherlands
|
11515
|
365.56
|
9934
|
424.26
|
8589
|
341.24
|
5.09
|
0.02
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
5135
|
207.008
|
7195
|
326.20
|
5862
|
231.34
|
4.48
|
0.01
|
|
Japan
|
7055
|
237.451
|
6703
|
311.62
|
6370
|
274.10
|
5.51
|
0.02
|
|
Others
|
45379
|
1497
|
39937
|
1706
|
35553
|
1413
|
31.73
|
0.13
|
|
Total
|
130869
|
4383.82
|
115104
|
5062.76
|
100105
|
4046.23
|
73.95
|
0.3
|
Source:
Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
·
Provisional
(ii) Import
of cashewnut during the last three years, country-wise (top 5 destination):
Quantity in MT/Value in Rs.Crs.
|
|
2011-2012
|
2012-2013
|
2013-2014
|
|
Countries
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
QTY
|
VALUE
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
181265
|
1058.45
|
268306
|
1367.11
|
209201
|
1058.09
|
|
Guinea Bissau
|
136384
|
1046.20
|
109627
|
764.90
|
114701
|
676.32
|
|
Tanzania
|
60011
|
442.18
|
145107
|
1052.26
|
111935
|
892.17
|
|
Benin
|
122301
|
791.37
|
154834
|
871.53
|
103979
|
608.16
|
|
Ghana
|
128361
|
787.62
|
83810
|
465.89
|
96343
|
524.83
|
|
Others
|
181504
|
1213.00
|
130681
|
810.00
|
135197
|
804.00
|
|
Total
|
809825
|
5338.64
|
892365.23
|
5331.74
|
771356
|
4563.99
|
Source: Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
In
order to promote Cashew export, the Government has been continuously assisting
the Cashew Export Promotion Council of India through Five Year Plans. In the
XI Five Year Plan, the Cashew Export Promotion Council of India was provided an
assistance of Rs.9.02 crore for upgrading processing facilities. Similarly, for
the XII Five Year Plan (2012-2017) the CEPCI has been sanctioned Rs.26 crores
for modernization, diversification, Process Mechanization, Automation of Cashew
Processing Units, quality up-gradation and Food Safety Certifications. In
addition, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has put in place various
schemes namely Market Development Assistance (MDA), Market Assistance
Initiative (MAI), Assistance to State for Development Export infrastructure and
Allied Activities (ASIDE), Vishesh Krishi and Gram Upaj Yojana, Focus Product
Scheme, Focus Market Scheme, Town of Export Excellence etc. to boost export of
agri products which includes cashew industry also.
As regard
steps to boost production of cashew, various cashew development programmes
being implemented under NHM for the last three years and the current year are:
(a) New
plantation development of cashew with high yielding varieties
(b) Replanting of
old and senile gardens owned by Corporations with high yielding varieties.
(c) Rejuvenation
of existing cashew plantations by adopting improved farming practices.
(d) Technology
demonstration in farmers field & institutional farms.
(e) Production
and distribution of planting materials by promoting model cashew nurseries and
its accreditation.
(f) Publicity for
crop promotion and technology dissemination.
(g) Training
Programme for farmers and extension workers on new technologies.
Research
on increasing productivity of cashew is been conducted by the Directorate of
Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka under ICAR and cashew research stations at
State Agricultural Universities.
During the
last one year, no fresh request was received for setting up of a Cashew Board.
Earlier, since, the Ministry of Agriculture has not agreed to the merger of the
Directorate of Cashewnut & Cocoa and Cashew Export Promotion Council of
India and as the Cashew Industry too was not in favour of a Cashew Board, the
Government had decided to drop the proposal to set up a separate Cashew Board.
The
information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the
Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha today.
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