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Production of Coir Fibre

20-12-2012
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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

20-December-2012 16:54 IST

The total quantity of coir fibre produced in the country during the last three years and the current year is:

Year

Coir fibre produced (in Metric Tonnes)

2009-10

5,15,500

2010-11

5,25,000

2011-12

5,13,500

2012-13

(upto 30.11.2012)

3,57,550

Coir and coir products like mats, mattings, geotextiles, coir pith, etc. have been exported to different countries during the last three years and the current year.  Details of coir and coir products exported are: 

Year

Quantity in Metric Tonnes

Value in Rs. crore

2009-10

294508

804.05

2010-11

321016

807.07

2011-12

410854

1052.63

2012-13

(upto 30.09.2012)

227175

586.94

Coir products are facing competition from cheaper synthetic and natural fibre products in both domestic and export markets.

The Coir Board is implementing a number of schemes for the development and growth of the coir industry for modernisation and employment generation. These include Science & Technology Programmes;  Skill Upgradation and Quality Improvement; Development of Production Infrastructure; Domestic Market Promotion; Export Market Promotion; Rejuvenation, Modernization and Technological Upgradation (REMOT) scheme; and Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI). 

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri K. H. Muniyappa in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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