Date:11/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/08/11/stories/2006081102280800.htm

Back Up in unit value

K.K. Mustafah

DIPPING EXPORTS: Fenugreek kept for sale at a shop in Thrissur, Kerala. Fenugreek - valued for its medicinal properties and a major ingredient in curry powder and pastes - plays a major role in promoting Indian cuisine internationally.

Its unit value of export has almost doubled during the first quarter of the current fiscal to Rs 32.97 a kg from Rs 17.80 in the corresponding period a year ago.

This has, however, brought down the exports from 4,494 tonnes to 1,750 tonnes.