Study of Trend, Compound Growth Rate and Instability of Coffee Export from India

摘要

Coffee is one of the most important traditional export commodities of India. India ranks sixth in the world in coffee production with 2% share in global area under coffee. During the year 2011-12, India exported 232572 metric tonnes of coffee. The study explored trend in export of coffee, its growth rate and instability in coffee export from India during the period from 1990 to 2011. The compound annual growth rate of export of coffee during the study period was 2.76% per annum showing variability inexport of coffee in the range of15 to 23%. The coffee export value showed higher instability than export quantity.