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INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN TOBACCO The rich taste and smoothness of Indian tobacco, developed in the 17th Century by Portuguese, is worldwide appreciated. It's now a more and more popular and valued drug on the global market of tobacco and has made its way into cigarettes developed in different countries. In the world tobacco industry, India has an amazing and egalitarian profile and is a significant commercial crop grown here. India is the world's third biggest manufacturer and exporter of tobacco. Brazil and USA are ahead of India. EXPORTS AND KEY MARKETS • In 2018-2019, overall tobacco exports and tobacco replacements produced amounted to US$ 981.33 million, and in 2019-20 exceeded US$ 558.40 million (until October 2019). Indian tobacco is exported in about 100 countries. • India mainly exports to Belgium, Korea, Nigeria, Egypt and Nepal unmanufactured tobacco. The major demand for Indian tobacco exports is from Western Europe TOBACCO BOARD The Indian To

Vietnam is India's fourth largest trading partner in the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) - the top three are Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. India-Vietnam trade is steadily growing - double-digit rates. From the past five years, it has grown by almost 80 percent. With rising foreign investment and low labor costs, Vietnam has now become the top destination for the textile industry. For India, Vietnam is an export market and supplier of Textile & Clothing (T&C) goods in the South East Asia region. India's T&C exports to South East Asian countries are improving and are up 18.64% year-on-year to USD 1745.51 million in 2018. Cotton is a major commodity exporter to the region, accounting for 58% of total T&C exports to South East Asia, and cotton exports reached $ 1008.92 million in 2018, a growth of 29.29% over the same period. Of the eleven countries from South East Asia, Vietnam is India's T&C goods export market. In 2018, T&am

Emerging Demand in North-East Asia for Home Grown Mentha oil Mentha is an essential oil extracted by steam distillation from Mentha Arvensis leaves, this commodity export value realization is increasing in recent years globally because of its versatile usage for variety of application in both food and non-food items. Mentha leaves are widely used in Indian as well as well as in foreign countries like China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea etc. for making it in use in various food items. The English name of mentha is Mint from family Lamiaceae with the botanical name of Mentha Piperita L Mentha leaves and its extracted oil, mentha oil is widely used and have high economic value in the global market. Mentha is grown with its roots in the subtropical & tropical climate predominantly in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar in the month of Feb- March & Harvested in May-June. Two harvestings are taken from the season crop. In the value chain s

According to the data released by Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA), around 101.83 lakh tonnes of soybean produced in India is available for crushing, direct use and exports. In May 2019, soybean meal exports dropped to 38000 tonne as compared to 75,265 tons in April 2019. Thailand imports nearly 3 million metric tons of soybeans each year and 2.5 million metric tons of soybean meal. Full fat meal is produced when soybean oil is extruded from the soybean instead of being removed by chemical process and Thailand is largest Southeast Asian country producing full fat soybean meal. Thailand produces about 800,000 metric tons of full fat meal on annual basis. There can be a great potential of soybean export which India can take advantage of by finding the ways and forms in which soybean can be exported from India toThailand.At present India , in year 2019-2020 in total soybean meal production in India is 6,400   million metric tons. Export of soybean (HS 120190) increa