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Malaysia becomes second largest buyer of Indian spices
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Thursday, 15 July, 2010, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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 Malaysia emerged as the second largest buyer of the Indian spices after the United States (US) last year.
Kerala-based Spices Board of India in its latest report said Malaysia had procured $95 million worth of spices from India, about eight per cent of its total exports in 2009.
The US topped the importers list at 16 per cent, while other traditional buyers’ share was China (seven per cent), United Arab Emirates (six per cent) and the United Kingdom (five per cent).
A bulk of Malaysia's import was 45,545 tonnes of the Indian grown chilli, amounting to $68 million, making it a major buyer of the ingredient in the world. “The mandatory quality testing of chilli and chilli products by the Board has made Indian chilli more acceptable in the international markets and helped achieve this higher level of export in it,” the Spices Board stated in its statement.
Most of the chillies imported by Malaysia are processed and re-exported to other countries and also used in the domestic food processing industry. Other spices imported by Malaysia were 9,177.4 tonnes of coriander, 3, 064 tonnes of cumin and 3,951 tonnes of turmeric. “Traditional buyers of the Indian chilli such as Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia were active in the market,” it added.
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