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World Spice Organization Suggests Greater Value Addition in Spices to Achieve $10B Export Target

Posted 08 Mar 2025

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To achieve Spices Board of India’s export target of $10 billion by 2030, the country’s share in value-added spices should rise up to 70%. 

  • India’s share in the global seasoning market, pegged at $14 billion in 2024, is only a paltry 0.7%, against China’s 12% and U.S.’s 11%. 

India’s Status in Spices

  • Production: India is the world's largest spice producer. It is also the largest consumer. 
    • India produces 75 of 109 varieties listed by International Organization for Standardization. 
  • Major Spices-producing States: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra etc.
  • Export: India is largest exporter of spices. Chilli was the most exported spice from India (2021-22).
  • Major Export Destinations: China, USA, Bangladesh, Thailand, UAE, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, UK etc. 

Key challenges

  • Low Value Addition: only 48% of India’s spice exports are value-added products, while the rest are sold as raw whole spices.
  • Socio-economic Challenges: 98% of spice production is done by small-scale farmers with landholdings of less than 2 hectares.
  • Weak Regulation: India lacks a national standard covering all Sanitary & Phytosanitary (SPS) measures.
  • Stiff Global Competition: from Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, China etc.

Initiatives Undertaken 

  • Spices Board of India: It is a statutory body constituted under administrative control of Department of Commerce for the development and global promotion of Indian spices.
  • Export Development and Promotion of Spices: Aims to support the exporter to adopt high tech processing technologies
  • Other: Setting up and maintenance of infrastructure for common processing (Spices Parks), National Sustainable Spice Program (NSSP) etc.
  • Tags :
  • Spices Parks
  • Spices Board of India
  • Spice Exports
  • National Sustainable Spice Program
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