Andhra Pradesh exported spices worth $600 million in the 2020-21 fiscal and produced over 836,000 tonnes of chilli during the same year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, said a commodity analysis report by Drip Capital, Inc, a global trade finance company.
It was stated in a press release that A.P., Gujarat and Kerala accounted for almost 50% of the country’s total spices exports and that A.P. was also the second-largest exporter of spices from India.
Due to favourable terrain, A.P. and Telangana accounted for a 60% share in the country’s chilli exports in the 2020-21 fiscal despite the fact that Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh produce almost 25% of the country’s chilli.
