ESTIMATED EXPORT OF SPICES FROM INDIA DURING APRIL-JUNE 2000 COMPARED WITH APRIL-JUNE 1999
(QTY : TONNES ; VALUE : Rs.LAKHS)

ITEM	TARGET FOR 2000-2001(*)		APR-JUNE 2000		APR-JUNE 1999		% ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET		% CHANGE IN 2000-01
	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE
PEPPER	38,500	82200.00	6,000	12,720.00	15,409	29034.42	16%	15%	-61%	-56%
CARDAMOM (S)	750	4500.00	90	400.00	64	426.17	12%	9%	41%	-6%
CARDAMOM (L)	1,200	3000.00	225	370.00	346	454.21	19%	12%	-35%	-19%
CHILLI	60,000	18600.00	13,000	4,260.00	18,510	7679.49	22%	23%	-30%	-45%
GINGER	9,000	4500.00	430	281.40	1,702	583.64	5%	6%	-75%	-52%
TURMERIC	32,000	8960.00	7,500	2,350.00	10,383	3284.60	23%	26%	-28%	-28%
CORIANDER	15,000	3750.00	4,500	1,125.00	4,585	1040.55	30%	30%	-2%	8%
CUMIN	7,000	5250.00	1,000	681.00	2,131	1397.70	14%	13%	-53%	-51%
CELERY	3,000	900.00	400	101.00	923	235.98	13%	11%	-57%	-57%
FENNEL	9,000	3600.00	450	202.50	931	438.02	5%	6%	-52%	-54%
FENUGREEK	10,000	2500.00	2,100	475.00	3,140	566.63	21%	19%	-33%	-16%
OTHER SEEDS (1)	3,500	2100.00	400	120.00	436	183.54	11%	6%	-8%	-35%
GARLIC	6,500	1625.00	1,500	204.00	2,669	334.34	23%	13%	-44%	-39%
OTHER SPICES (2)	20,000	8200.00	7,000	2,340.00	6,996	2440.41	35%	29%	0%	-4%
CURRY POWDER	5,500	3575.00	1,300	806.00	1,071	661.27	24%	23%	21%	22%
MINT OIL	3,500	10500.00	1,000	2,965.00	1,045	2873.80	29%	28%	-4%	3%
SPICE OLEORESINS AND OTHER OILS	3,300	36300.00	725	7,682.50	564	5644.07	22%	21%	29%	36%
TOTAL	227,750	200060.00	47,620	37,083.40	70,905	57278.84	21%	19%	-33%	-35%
VALUE IN MILLION US$		458.08		83.76		133.70		18%		-37%
(*) TENTATIVE TARGET PROPOSED BY THE BOARD  (1) INCLUDE ANISEED, BISHOPS WEED (AJWANSEED), DILL SEED, POPPY SEED, MUSTARD ETC.  (2) INCLUDE TAMARIND, ASAFOETIDA, CINNAMON, CASSIA, KOKAM, SAFFRON ETC.  SOURCE : SPICES BOARD.

ITEM-WISE EXPORT OF SPICES FROM INDIA
(QTY IN M.T., VALUE IN RS. LAKHS)

ITEM	1994-95		1995-96		1996-97		1997-98		1998-99(P)
	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE	QTY	VALUE
PEPPER	37,264	23664.19	26,244	19629.84	47,893	41231.84	35,907	49635.70	34,864	63811.28
CARDAMOM (S)	257	762.61	527	1296.97	226	869.67	370	1266.78	475	2521.21
CARDAMOM (L)	1,293	812.74	1,677	1224.06	1,628	1209.53	1,648	1264.46	1,424	1190.88
CHILLI	20,096	5711.63	56,165	19546.17	50,051	20145.15	51,779	15,890.02	61,253	21661.11
GINGER	12,022	1673.03	18,483	3892.13	29,737	5924.41	28,268	7262.73	8,778	4064.79
TURMERIC	28,286	4517.96	27,050	4620.33	23,019	5844.61	28,875	8306.50	36,522	12454.98
CORIANDER	10,702	1793.84	11,541	2243.34	12,574	3136.58	23,734	6434.69	20,685	4588.99
CUMIN	5,618	2449.65	3,871	1739.32	6,375	3437.80	16,281	8135.53	10,723	6010.92
CELERY	2,601	777.28	2,678	625.12	3,780	801.76	3,317	799.20	3,991	969.08
FENNEL	2,029	581.56	2,594	751.73	4,850	1788.60	12,368	3581.83	5,279	1538.11
FENUGREEK	7,956	1224.97	15,138	1867.20	8,891	1204.57	6,006	987.14	10,082	1914.91
OTHER SEEDS (1)	2,338	581.56	2,493	518.52	3,059	842.60	4,056	934.50	2,001	749.11
GARLIC	633	122.87	3,935	491.26	4,889	797.74	3,975	797.56	4,068	741.02
OTHER SPICES (2)	16,523	2954.61	23,492	3,989.63	18,955	4429.68	14,918	5566.01	19,077	7659.48
CURRY POWDER	4,135	1443.27	4,246	1755.50	4,639	2056.52	5,132	2972.91	5,210	3596.78
MINT OIL	1,583	4356.78	1,352	4750.12	2,371	13449.50	3,018	9693.12	4,207	12252.18
SPICE OLEORESINS AND OTHER OILS	1,672	8676.68	1,912	11,501.77	2,358	15901.21	2,419	23152.92	2,750	30077.37
TOTAL	155,008	62010.53	203,398	80443.01	225,295	123071.77	242,071	146681.60	231,389	175802.20
VALUE IN MILLION US$		197.86		241.43		346.97		394.45		419.68
(P)- PROVISIONAL  (1) INCLUDE BISHOPS WEED (AJWANSEED), DILL SEED, POPPY SEED, ANISEED ETC.  (2) INCLUDE TAMARIND, ASAFOETIDA, CINNAMON, CASSIA, TEJPAT, KOKAM, SAFFRON ETC.  SOURCE : SPICES BOARD.