The document discusses important industrial crops categorized into fiber crops and oil crops. Fiber crops include cotton, jute, hemp and rubber which require specific climate and soil conditions to grow. Oil crops include cotton seed, coconut palm, oil palm, groundnut, olive, rape seed, sesame, linseed, soybean and castor which also require favorable climatic and soil conditions and are majorly produced in certain countries that export and import them.

1. Industrial Crops
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2. Industrial Crops
Fiber Crops:
1. Cotton
2. Jute
3. Hemp
4. Rubber
Oil Crops:
1. Cotton Seed
2. Coconut Palm
3. Oil Palm
4. Ground Nut
5. Olive
6. Rape Seed
7. Sesame
8. Linseed
9. Soya Bean
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3. Cotton
• Climate/Temprature/RF-warm, moderately
moist. Dry sunny days – at flowering to harvest
• Soils – light sandy-loam-clay
• Other Factors-sea breeze beneficial for quality,
responsive to manure, insecticide, labor
intensive
• Producing Countries-USA,Russia,China,India
• Exporting Countries-USA,Egypt,Pakistan
• Importing-Japan, France,Germany,Italy
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4. Jute
• Climate-Hot and moist. 24-27 degrees C 200
cm RF distributed
• Soil – clay – loam
• Others-natural fertilization, ample water, cheap
labor & transport
• Producers-India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Sri Lanka
• Exporters-Bangladesh, India,Brazil & Srilanka
• Importers-UK, Germany, Japan
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5. Hemp
• Climate-Mild temperature, moderate RF
distributed over growing period.
• Soil-Fertile well prepared
• Cheap labor
• Producers-Russia, India, Romania, Hungary
• Exporters-India, Russia, Poland
• Importers-UK, Belgium, France, Germany
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6. Rubber
• Climate-hot & humid well distributed RF. 25-27
degrees; 175-250 cm
• Soil-deep well drained loamy soils
• Cheap labor
• Producers-Wild-S. America; Plantations-
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore-70% of worlds
rubber
• Exporters-above+vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka
• Importers-USA, UK, Germany, USSR
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7. Oil Crops-Cotton Seed
• Climate-warm, moderately moist climate
• Variety of soil-
• Others-cheap labor
• Producer-USA, Russia, India, China
• Exporter-Sudan, Nigeria, Brazil
• Importer-UK, Canada, Germany
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8. Coconut Palm
• Climate-Hot, Wet 24C RF +200
• Fertile Soil
• Producing Countries-The Philippines,
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Malaysia
• Exporters-Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka
• Importers-USA, Germany, UK, Holland
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9. Oil Palm
• High Temperatures and Heavy Rainfall
• Soils-Fertile
• Countries-Nigeria, Zaire, Indonesia, W
Africa
• Exporting- as above
• Importing-UK, France, Germany, Holland,
USA
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10. Groundnut
1) Climate-High temperature with moderate
rainfall 40-50 cm
2) Producing countries-India, china, USA,
Nigeria, Senegal, Korea, Zaire
3) Exporters-India, Nigeria
4) Importers-UK, Germany, Holland
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11. Olive
1. Climate-Warm, dry summers, cool
moderately wet winters, protection
against direct sunrays
2. Gravelly limestone soil
3. Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey
4. Exporters-Spain,Turkey, Italy
5. Import-UK, Germany, Brazil, USA
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12. Rape-seed
Climate-cool temperature
Producing countries-France, Germany,
Poland, Sweden
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13. linseed
Climate-warm summers, high humidity,
moderate rainfall distributed during the
growing period
Soil-moist sandy or loam
Producers-Argentina, USA, India
Exporters-USA, Canada, India
Imports-UK, France, Italy
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14. Soya-bean
Climate-Humid, Sub-tropical. Teprature-21
C; RF 60 -115
Soil-Rich loamy
Producer-USA, China, Indonesia
Exporter-USA, China
Importer-Japan, Germany, France
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15. Castor
Climate-Warm to hot. Sufficient RF
Producers-India, Brazil, indonesia
Export-India, Brazil
Importers – UK, USA, France
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