Lok Sabha Question No. 1570 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Export of Spices from India
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Rao Rajendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1570

ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025

## EXPORT OF SPICES FROM INDIA

1570.  SHRI RAO RAJENDRA SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य और उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state :-

- (a) whether the Government has data on the production of spices in the country during the last five years, State-wise;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has data on the volume of spices exported to other countries during the said period, country-wise;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has taken any steps to boost the production of spices within the country during the said period; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य और उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री जिजिन प्रसाद ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) & (b): The details of state-wise and year-wise production of spices in the country from the year 2020-21 to 2024-25 is attached as Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): The details of volume of spices exported to other countries from the year 2020-21 to 2024-25 is attached as Annexure-II.

(e) & (f): The Government of India, through Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, is implementing several programs to promote spice production within the country, inter alia including Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Rashtriya Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY),  Pradhan Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY),  Natural  Resource  Management  (NRM),  Soil Health Card and e-National Agriculture Market. MIDH provides financial assistance for various activities such as infrastructure development, area expansion, promotion of integrated  pest  management  (IPM),  organic  farming,  water  resource  creation  and post-harvest  management.  In  addition,  the  Directorate  of  Arecanut  and  Spices Development (DASD) directly supports spice development through the production of quality  planting  materials,  technology dissemination via demonstrations and farmer

training  programs conducted in association with State Agricultural Universities and national institutes.

Spices Board, through its scheme "Sustainability in spice sector through progressive, innovative and collaborative interventions for export development", is implementing various programs for improving the production and productivity of cardamom which include  providing  assistance  for  replanting,  quality  planting  material  production, development of  water  sources  &  micro-irrigation  facilities  and  weather-based  crop insurance.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1570 for answer on 29.07.2025.

Production in '000 tonnes

| State             | 2020-21   |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25* |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 885.679   |   511.813 |  1578.59  |  1321.4   |   1258.87  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 21.488    |    18.585 |    17.788 |    63.732 |     28.807 |
| Assam             | 338.539   |   317.238 |   324.56  |   392.403 |    393.837 |
| Bihar             | 14.162    |    11.87  |    12.969 |    17.341 |     15.065 |
| Chhattisgarh      | 15.434    |    16.013 |     8.963 |    13.285 |     13.647 |
| Goa               | 0.343     |     0.422 |     0.437 |     0.366 |      0.33  |
| Gujarat           | 1113.843  |  1018.12  |  1107.65  |  1439.97  |   1152.79  |
| Haryana           | 40.887    |    56.51  |    30.421 |    34.925 |     44.064 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 29.442    |    30.29  |    31.775 |    29.187 |     29.109 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 1.191     |     1.156 |     1.181 |     1.227 |      1.209 |
| Jharkhand         | --        |    90.569 |    95.65  |    94.442 |     94.678 |
| Karnataka         | 974.503   |   978.686 |   684.657 |   704.698 |    898.148 |
| Kerala            | 163.017   |   167.963 |   156.631 |   153.054 |    144.423 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 3372.216  |  3538.2   |  3573.22  |  3724.7   |   3840.03  |
| Maharashtra       | 433.058   |   589.491 |   545.855 |   531.765 |    668.39  |
| Manipur           | 72.702    |    66.476 |    64.414 |    90.764 |     89.633 |
| Meghalaya         | 71.970    |    72.021 |    81.462 |    78.907 |     78.471 |
| Mizoram           | 100.932   |   100.934 |    99.929 |   101.207 |    217.45  |
| Nagaland          | 46.339    |    40.836 |    49.553 |    49.734 |     49.428 |
| Orissa            | 297.260   |   418.704 |   440.507 |   478.335 |    398.25  |
| Punjab            | 124.208   |   128.809 |   133.424 |   139.732 |    135.763 |
| Rajasthan         | 1183.714  |  1045.94  |   952.6   |  1000.5   |   1019.57  |
| Sikkim            | 102.578   |   102.948 |   102.97  |   102.975 |    102.982 |
| Tamil Nadu        | 185.817   |   219.825 |   262.795 |   272.848 |    281.97  |
| Telangana         | 893.675   |   916.297 |   773.18  |   930.754 |    690.521 |
| Tripura           | 25.215    |    27.427 |    30.795 |    30.99  |     27.947 |

| Uttar Pradesh     |   266.968 |   319.693 |   326.086 |   337.939 |   386.834 |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Uttarakhand       |    84.119 |    81.566 |    70.647 |    69.572 |    69.622 |
| West Bengal       |   260.413 |   265.417 |   269.71  |   275.695 |   274.35  |
| Pondicherry       |     0.259 |     0.356 |     0.248 |     0.252 |     0.266 |
| Andaman & Nicobar |     0.97  |     0.967 |     1.493 |     1.084 |     1.079 |
| Total (All India) | 11120.9   | 11155.1   | 11830.2   | 12483.8   | 12370     |

Source: Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, Calicut

Annexure - II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1570 for answer on 29.07.2025.

| Country      | Quantity of Spices exported (Tonnes)   | Quantity of Spices exported (Tonnes)   | Quantity of Spices exported (Tonnes)   | Quantity of Spices exported (Tonnes)   | Quantity of Spices exported (Tonnes)   |
|--------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Country      | 2020-21                                | 2021-22                                | 2022-23                                | 2023-24                                | 2024-25                                |
| China        | 322170                                 | 303311                                 | 257553                                 | 309085                                 | 342893                                 |
| U.S.A        | 111712                                 | 122267                                 | 93120                                  | 111484                                 | 125663                                 |
| U.A.E        | 116530                                 | 115404                                 | 111130                                 | 128314                                 | 169287                                 |
| Bangladesh   | 339670                                 | 245203                                 | 208204                                 | 270169                                 | 324872                                 |
| Malaysia     | 58895                                  | 64562                                  | 66217                                  | 68898                                  | 74325                                  |
| Thailand     | 66148                                  | 49939                                  | 61714                                  | 64759                                  | 61530                                  |
| U.K          | 37229                                  | 34202                                  | 28170                                  | 34441                                  | 36579                                  |
| Saudi Arabia | 30332                                  | 28737                                  | 36372                                  | 34947                                  | 43311                                  |
| Indonesia    | 50778                                  | 46548                                  | 47099                                  | 51751                                  | 55414                                  |
| Germany      | 13476                                  | 15176                                  | 14913                                  | 14375                                  | 17045                                  |
| Sri Lanka    | 66676                                  | 61739                                  | 52996                                  | 51169                                  | 56531                                  |
| Netherlands  | 10663                                  | 14590                                  | 12686                                  | 14578                                  | 16077                                  |
| Canada       | 14396                                  | 13570                                  | 11993                                  | 15255                                  | 19555                                  |
| Nepal        | 96370                                  | 71539                                  | 58045                                  | 46534                                  | 50025                                  |
| Australia    | 14458                                  | 12856                                  | 12227                                  | 14713                                  | 16332                                  |
| Morocco      | 23618                                  | 24328                                  | 21429                                  | 17671                                  | 23800                                  |
| Russia       | 7482                                   | 8310                                   | 11812                                  | 11227                                  | 14119                                  |
| Japan        | 10405                                  | 13230                                  | 12984                                  | 10870                                  | 10940                                  |
| France       | 4348                                   | 5210                                   | 4833                                   | 4607                                   | 5879                                   |

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| South Africa         |   18276 |   14944 | 15047   |          15460 |   18204 |
|----------------------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------|
| Mexico               |    7122 |    5892 | 7001    |           8533 |   15104 |
| Spain                |    7816 |   10712 | 7288    |           6968 |   10265 |
| Vietnam              |   19210 |   15966 | 20715   |          21194 |   30658 |
| Singapore            |   10079 |    9516 | 10523   |          10553 |   10060 |
| Korea                |    3761 |    4133 | 4223    |           5018 |    4766 |
| Total ( Inc. others) | 1758985 | 1530661 |         | 14043571539692 | 1799267 |

Source: Spices Board