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• Pepper is widely produced in India, especially in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. India exports a significant quantity of pepper to the world. • However, India also imports significant quantities of pepper, primarily due to the difference in the method of harvesting pepper, cost of pepper,...

• Despite stable and significant production, India imported US$ 43.48 million worth of turmeric in 2018-19, increasing from US$ 9.4 million in 2013-14. • The extraction and food processing (blending) industries are among the biggest consumers of turmeric. The percentage of curcumin and oleoresin content in turmeric determines the demand...

• PPE Kits Market is estimated to value over US$ 60 billion and register a CAGR of over 8% from the forecast period 2020 to 2025. In India itself, by the end of 2020, domestic demand of PPE kit of worth USD 1.4 USD billion will be generated. • China...

• For the first time in global history, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices fell to -37.63 dollars per barrel on April 21, 2020. • Steep decline in spot and one-month forward prices of WTI and other landlocked crude in the US exhibit risks of the storage limits within...

HS CODE: Multiple eight digits tariff lines under 3401 and 3402 (34013090, 34022090, 34029099 for India) • Hand sanitizer market size was estimated to be US$ 2.6 billion in 2019 and is projected to cross US$ 4 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 9.1%. • A sudden surge...

• A sub-set of the textile sector, technical textiles have started gaining traction in India recently owing to the evolving functionality of these textile products. They are segmented as per their application into 12 segments, depending on their application. • As per the NITI Aayog, the technical textiles global market...

• Harbouring over 1.3 billion people, India, the world’s second most populous country, will be home to over 600 million urban dwellers by 2030. This will require smart solutions for conventional problems like finding sustainable channels for meeting their energy requirements. • Solar rooftops are a welcome strategy that the...

HS CODE: 880211: Unladen weight < 2,000 kg 880212: Unladen weight > 2,000 kg • The helicopters market is projected to proliferate from US$ 31.7 billion in 2019 to US$ 37.4 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 2.8% in the coming six years. • The dominant helicopter market trends...

• With the death toll crossing 2,000 and around 75,000 plus confirmed cases in continuation, the expected global demand of face masks is anticipated to rise exponentially. • In the international market, the wholesale going rate of such face masks has climbed to US$ 8-10. This makes exports far more...