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Value-addition pays

K.K. Mustafah

ADDING FLAVOUR: Spices kept for sale at a market in Kochi. Value-addition of spices before export improves export earnings. Though Indian spices account for 46 per cent of the global trade, in value terms they make up only 25 per cent. Value-added spices currently account for 50 per cent of spices export from the country. During 2005-2006, spices export topped a record $500 million.

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