Spice exports from the country rose almost 4% to 471,165 tonnes during April 2010-February 2011 period on back of major increase in shipments of ginger, garlic, chilli and fennel, Spice Board data revealed.
The country had exported 453,495 tonnes of spices in the year-ago period, it said.
Ginger, considered as 'betting crop' of farmers, rose more than two-fold to 12,000 tonnes in the period under review, versus 5,100 tonnes in the corresponding period the previous year.
Another spice that registered a huge jump in exports during the period was garlic -- used both in food and medicine.
Exports of garlic in between April 2010-February 2011 rose by 66% to 16,700 tonnes against 10,050 tonnes in the same period of the previous year.
While Chilli exports rose 21% to 218,500 tonnes from 180,750 tonnes, exports of fennel were up 15% to 6,950 tonnes from 6,050 tonnes in April-Feb the last year.
Other spices such as tamarind, asafoetida, cassia and saffron rose 14.36% to 21,500 tonnes in the April 2010-February 2011 period, from 18,800 tonnes in the corresponding period previous year.
Exports of small cardamom in the period under review fell by more than 50% to 865 tonnes, against 1,765 tonnes in the year-ago period. Nutmeg and mace exports April 2010-February 2011 fiscal fell almost 52% to 1,550 tonnes as against 3,210 tonnes.
Cumin exports in April 2010-February 2011 period fell almost 39% to 27,500 tonnes as against 44,800 tonnes in the comparable period of the previous year.
While celery exports in the period under review fell by almost 29% to 3,250 tonnes as against 4,575 tonnes in the year-ago period, exports of fenugreek fell by 13.48% to 17,000 tonnes as compared to 19,650 tonnes in the same period in the previous year.
