Indian exports

The liabitat of Erythroxylon spp. is principally the western side of Soutl America, and although indigenous species occur in India, Africa anc Australia, they have no economic value. Two kinds of coca leaves ar< available in commerce, Bolivian or Huanuco leaves derived from E. coce Lam. and Peruvian or Truxillo leaves obtained from E. truxillense Rusby both are cultivated in Java. In South America coca leaves are chewee with lime by the Indians as a stimulant, and are exported to Europe foi use in medicine and for the preparation of cocaine, but the prineipal sourc< of coca leaves is Java. Crude cocaine is manufactured in South Americi and exported for refining and some aspects of this industry have beei discussed recently. ... 

The amount of morphine in commercial opium varies from 3 to 25 per cent. In Macedonian and Turkey opiums the pereentage is usually 15 to 21, and in the Persian drug 10 to 12. Indian opium, as prepared for smoking, may eontain 4 to 6 per cent., but as exported for the manu-... 

Cashewnut Shell Liquid Patents U.S. Vol. 1 and UK, Indian and Japan, Vol. 2, Cashew Export, June, Cashew Export Promotion Vcouncil, Ernakulam (1964). 

Indian Cashew Nut Shell Liquid—A Versatile Industrial Raw Material of Great Promise—Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum and Cashew Export Promotion Council, Ernakulam (1983). 

Asafoetida is native to central Asia, eastern Iran to Afghanistan, where it grows from 600 to 1200 m above the sea level. Although not native to India, it has been used in Indian medicine and cookery for ages. Today it is grown chiefly in Iran and Afghanistan, from where it is exported to the rest of the world. 

Based on the physical and biochemical parameters and molecular techniques, traded (exported) cardamoms from India, Sri Lanka and Guatemala had been characterized (Thomas et al., 2006). Indian cardamom was found to be superior for most of the physical quality parameters and for the biochemical traits. The GC profile of the oil of Indian cardamom also indicates a high quantity of a-terpinyl acetate and 1,8-cineole, which imparts aroma and flavour to the cardamom, thus reinforcing the legendary belief of the high intrinsic quality of the Indian cardamom. The GC-MS pattern of the volatile components in the cardamom... 

Large cardamom (A. subulatum) is the most important perennial cash crop of Sikkim, from where cultivation is spreading to the north-eastern states of India, Nepal and Bhutan. More than 85% of Indian production is from Sikkim. The spice has diversified uses in the fields of medicine and industry. Development of high-yielding superior varieties, combined with sustainable production, will definitely enhance the export value of the spice. 

Indian cumin is exported in different forms - natural seed, powdered and essential oil - to the USA, Singapore, Japan, the UK and North Africa. India is the world s largest producer and consumer of cumin, with annual production ranging between 0.1 and 0.2 million t. India exports cumin to... 

The Indian plastics industry posted strong growth in recent years. Although current plastic consumption is relatively low at about four to five kilograms per capita annually, both domestic consumption and exports of plastics have good long term prospects. 

Ratios between O2 consumption and inorganic carbon and nutrients regeneration, called the remineralization ratios, provide useful insights into biogeochemical cycles in the oceans (e.g., export of material to the deep sea and depth-dependent preferential regeneration, if any, of one constituent over the others). For the Indian Ocean, these ratios have been derived from observed variations in concentrations of O2, nutrients and inorganic carbon. Utilizing linear relationships between NOs and... 

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