Export of Coir products break records: Govt

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) on Wednesday said that India records all-time high export of coir and coir products.

''The export of coir and coir products from India worth Rs 2757.90 crore for the year 2019-20, registers an all-time high record, which is around Rs 30 crore higher than that of the last year i.e. 2018-19 which stood at Rs. 2728.04 crore. 9,88,996 MT of coir and coir products were exported during the year 2019-20 from the country as against 964046 MT exported during the preceding year,'' said an official statement from the ministry.

While the exports of coir pith, tufted mats, coir Geo-textiles, coir rugs and carpets, coir other sorts, coir rope and power-loom mats registered growth both in terms of quantity and value, it added.

The statement further said that the products like hand-loom mats, coir yarn, rubberized coir and power-loom matting showed decline in terms of quantity and increase in terms of value.

Coir pith with export earnings of Rs. 1349.63 crore constituted 49 per cent of the total export of coir products from the country. Coir fibre with an export of Rs. 498.43 crore constituted 18 per cent of the total exports.

''The value-added items put together constituted 33 per cent of the total exports,'' statement read further.

Around 99% of the exports of Coir and Coir Products are made through Tuticorin, Cochin and Chennai Ports. The other main ports of export of coir and coir products are Vishakapattanam, Mumbai, Kolkata etc. Small quantities of exports were made through roads from Kannur, Coimbatore and Rexual.