This document discusses potential sectors for export from India and provides details on exporting castings, granite, rice, mangoes, herbs, spices, essential oils, and pharmaceuticals. It outlines the current economic context and lists sectors like vanilla growers, castings, granite, rice, mango, herbs/spices/essential oils, garments, and pharmaceuticals. For several sectors, it provides market data, references export destinations and volumes, identifies buyers, and links to online databases with further information.

1. Finding Export Potential
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2. Present Context
•Currency Value
•Oil prices
•Skills availability - IT
•Advances in Agriculture
•Advances in Industry
•World Economic Crisis

3. Potential Sectors
•The case of Vanilla growers
•Castings
•Granite Exporters
•Rice Exporters
•Fruits – Mango exporters
•Herbs, Spices, Essential oils
•Garments
•Pharmaceuticals

4. Exporting Castings
Castings & Forgings Market
Details at Course Materials
Castings and forgings, being usually semi-finished products, are supplied to
the automotive, marine, aeronautical, chemical or medical industry. In
order to guarantee customer satisfaction, many castings and forgings
producers are Certified ISO 9001 or another quality system. Thus, they aim
to continuously manage issues such as product quality, correct packaging,
timely delivery etc.
Buyer Requirement
General social policy
good housekeeping and health and safety of employees • human resource
management • community relations • regional impact and contribution to
regional social development • social benefits of product applications (e.g.
medical uses, food packaging)
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5. Castings ..continued
•SA8000 – social accountability management system
Nine areas are at the core of the SA 8000 system: 1.child labour;
2.forced labour; 3.health and safety; 4.compensation; 5.working hours;
6.discrimination; 7.discipline; 8.free association and collective
bargaining; 9.management systems
OSHAS 18001 – occupational health and safety management system
Market Survey Reports, Buyers Identified, Export Destinations, Value
Volume of exports, product groups are available
Take a look at
http://www.primaryinfo.com/casting-forging.htm

6. Granite Industry
Granites are now mined in most of the Indian states for use as construction
material and road metal but production of dressed granite blocks and slabs
from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu are highly
priced. In India there are 43 granite processing units of which 12 are in
Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Karnataka, 3 in Rajasthan, 14 in Tamil Nadu and 1 in
Orissa.
Extensive data bases are at
http://www.primaryinfo.com/granite.htm
http://www.primaryinfo.com/industry/granite-mining.htm
http://www.primaryinfo.com/industry/granite-directory.htm

7. Exporting Rice
The Exporters are Thailand, India, Vietnam, United States, China ,Burma ,
Pakistan Uruguay, Australia ,Egypt , EU, Argentina , Guyana and a few small
players.
Rice Importers in the order of size of imports are Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, EU, Senegal, Japan, Philippines, Cote d'Ivoire, Malaysia,
South Africa, Bangladesh, Mexico, Cuba, North Korea, USA, Brazil, China,
Eastern Europe, Russia, China, Singapore, Turkey & several other countries
Data Bases References:
Rice - Buyers Directory & World Trade
http://www.primaryinfo.com/ricecd.htm
Basmati Rice Exports
http://www.primaryinfo.com/scope/basmati-rice.htm
Blog
http://rice-trade.blogspot.in/

8. Exporting Mango
India exported mangoes worth USD 50.7 million in 2013-14 and USD 43.9
million in the first six months of current fiscal. In volume terms, India
exported 41,280 tonnes of mangoes in 2013-14, of which 3,381 tonnes
were shipped to the EU.
The states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are major
exporters of mangoes.
The EU decided to lift a seven-month-long ban on the import of mangoes
from India after the world's biggest producer made significant
improvements in plant health controls and certification system ; Irradiation
Facilities are in place
Reference data base
http://www.primaryinfo.com/mango.htm

9. Exporting Herbs, Spices. Essential Oils
The Food Industry across the globe is turning more and more to spice oils
and Oleoresins to create newer varieties of food. New
flavour systems are being developed to introduce new products in
the market and create competitive advantages.
Germany is the largest EU market for spices and herbs. France was the third
leading EU importer of spices and herbs. Because of the traditional popularity
of Indian cuisine, the United Kingdom is also the largest EU importer of cumin
seed, cardamoms, curry, coriander and turmeric.
Medicinal plants ,Herbal extracts are extensively required by not only
Indigenous Ayurvedic systems but also western Pharmaceutical Industry
Databases References:
http://www.primaryinfo.com/herbsprofiles.htm
http://www.primaryinfo.com/essential-oil-marketing.htm
http://www.primaryinfo.com/market/exporting-crude-drugs-Japan.htm

10. Pharmaceuticals
India exports pharmaceutical products to more than 200 countries
India's drugs and pharmaceuticals industry is expected to grow at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14 per cent to reach a
turnover of Rs 2.91 trillion (US$ 47.06 billion) by 2018
India currently exports drug intermediates, Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients (APIs), Finished Dosage Formulations , bio-
pharmaceuticals, and clinical services across the globe.
Data Bases References
http://www.primaryinfo.com/pharmaceutical_industry.htm
http://www.primaryinfo.com/market/pharmaceutical-export-
africa.htm

11. We have just had overview of
Some sectors taken at random but
Very much relevant at this point of
time and here
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