Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Aviluchan Chetia, RV Chavan and SV Bharati

Abstract:
The paper explores the direction of trade and changes in the export of fresh grapes from India. The secondary data on the quantity of fresh grapes exported to various countries were collected for 1999-00 to 2018-19, and the data were analyzed using Markov Chain analysis. The study is divided into Period-I (1999-00 to 2008-09) and Period-II (2009-10 to 2018-19). During the 20 years of the study Period, India has exported 1960180.67 tonnes of fresh grapes worth2358.02 million dollars or 1379520.12 lakh rupees. The findings of the study reveal that during the Period I, Bangladesh UK were highly stable markets, UAE, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia were moderately stable markets, and Russia was a less stable market for fresh grapes export of India. On the other hand, Germany, Nepal, Thailand and other countries were the most unstable importers of Indian fresh grapes. During the study Period-II, Germany, Bangladesh, Netherlands and ‘other countries’ were stable markets for fresh grapes export from India. In contrast, Nepal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UK and UAE were the unstable importers of Indian fresh grapes.