
May 22, 2013 (India)
Beating all previous records, India
exported Rs. 11.16 billion worth of coir and coir products in 2012-13,
which is a 6 percent or Rs. 640 million more than previous fiscal’s
exports of Rs. 10.52 billion, Coir Board Chairman G Balachandran has
said.
According to a Board press release,
India’s coir exports grew by five percent in volume from 410,854 tons in
2011-12 to 429,500 tons in 2012-13.
Exports...