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Our Correspondent

Madurai , July 14

The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has urged the Union Ministry of Commerce to set up a special export promotion council to give a boost to export of medicinal herbs to foreign countries.

In a letter addressed to the Union Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh, the chamber Secretary, Mr P.T.K.A. Balasubramanian, said the move would help purchase of herbs from farmers directly. New exporters also would emerge on the scene.

He said India is lagging behind China in the export of medicinally valued herbs. While China exports herbal medicines worth $10 billion a year, India exports hardly Rs 700 crore.

India stands first in the wealth of medicinal plants. Of these, even 5 per cent of the plants are not going to export. The valuable medicinal plants will cure many diseases such as diabetes, cancer etc, he added.

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