GROWTH, INSTABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS IN EXPORT OF TOBACCO FROM INDIA

J. SUMAN¹*, P.S. SHEKHAWAT², D.K. VERMA^3
1Department of Agricultural Economic, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, 303329, Rajasthan, India
²Department of Agricultural Economic, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, 303329, Rajasthan, India
³Department of Agricultural Economic, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, Rajasthan, India
* Corresponding Author : jitendrasuman003@gmail.com

Received : 06-12-2022     Accepted : 28-12-2022     Published : 30-12-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 12       Pages : 12114 - 12116
Int J Agr Sci 14.12 (2022):12114-12116

Keywords : Tobacco, Growth rate, Instability, RCA and RSCA
Academic Editor : Amit Anil Shahane, Dr Hemangi Mehta
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economic, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, 303329, Rajasthan, India and Department of Agricultural Economic, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, Rajasthan, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

India is the major exporter of tobacco in the world. It exports different types of tobacco and tobacco products viz., stripped, wholly stemmed cigar cheroots, smoking tobacco, homogenized, flue-cured, sun-cured, extract and essence, FCV tobacco, unmanufactured tobacco and various tobacco products. So, the present study analyzed the growth, instability and comparative advantage in tobacco export from India during 2001-02 to 2019-20. Results of the study revealed that Belgium, UAE, Afghanistan, Russia, Egypt, Korea RP, Netherland Saudi Arab and Nepal are major exports destination for Indian tobacco. Among the major destination Korea RP registered highest growth of 30.70 per cent per annum during study period. The growth rate in tobacco exports to world was estimated as 10.43 per cent and significant at 1 per cent level. The highest instability was noticed for Saudi Arab (52.17 per cent) followed by Netherland (45.27 per cent), Korea RP (44.05 per cent), Afghanistan (39.83 per cent) and Egypt (36.48 per cent), remaining countries reported moderate instability. The study also calculated the comparative advantage in export of tobacco. The RCA estimate for the year 2001-02 was 0.70 and corresponding RSCA estimate was -0.18 which points toward an unfavorable condition for Indian tobacco exports in the global market. The situation was hardly improved over the years, with RSCA values still possessing a negative value of -0.28 in 2019-20

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