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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 4
First page : (491) Last page : (498)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8135

A Critical Analysis of Cucumber and Gherkin Export Performance and Competitiveness from India

N. Naveen^1* , R. Senthilkumar², R. Arulmozhiyan³, T. Rajendran⁴ and R. Gangai Selvi^5
1Post Graduate Research Scholar in Agricultural Economics, Department of Social Sciences, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
²Professor (Agricultural Economics)
Department of Social Sciences and Academic Coordinator in Education cell
³Professor and Head (Horticulture) Department of Horticulture
⁴Assistant Professor (Agricultural Economics) Department of Social Sciences
⁵Assistant Professor (Statistics) Department of Social Sciences, Agricultural
College and Research Institute, Killikulam, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: naveennamburajan@gmail.com
Received: 10.06.2020  |  Revised: 17.07.2020   |  Accepted: 25.07.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Growth trend, export competitiveness, factors influencing the Gherkin demand from India and destination markets for Gherkins were estimated. Compound Growth rate was used to find the growth trend, Export performance ratio was used to assess the competitiveness supported by log linear type of demand function to identify the export determinants.  The secondary data was collected for 28 years (1991 -2018).  The annual compound growth rate increased at increasing trend for provisionally preserved (14.60 %) and preserved in ready to eat (27.80 %).  In India after the establishment of Agri Export Zones (AEZ) in 2001, RCA and RSCA value for provisionally preserved and preserved in ready to eat increased.  Comparing the provisionally preserved and preserved in ready to eat, export of fresh Cucumber and Gherkins was not competitive as it’s RCA value is less than one and negative value for RSCA.  With reference to demand for Indian Cucumber and Gherkins by log linear analysis, one per cent increase in the volume of international trade in Cucumber and Gherkins increased the demand for Indian Cucumber and Gherkins by 3.37 per cent. This indicates that the country has more scope to increase the export of Gherkins. The destination markets for fresh Cucumber and Gherkins shipped to UAE, Maldives and Nepal, provisionally preserved to France, Belgium and USA and for preserved in ready to eat USA, Netherland and Canada.

Keywords: Export, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage, (RSCA), competitiveness.

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Cite this article: Naveen, N., Senthilkumar, R., Arulmozhiyan, R., Rajendran, T., & Gangai Selvi, R. (2020). A Critical Analysis of Cucumber and Gherkin Export Performance and Competitiveness from India, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(4), 491-498. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8135