MUMBAI (Commoditiescontrol) - Spices production in India dropped 2.3% year-on-year to 8.4 million tonnes in 2017-18, according to data from Spices Board India.
The country had produced 8.6 million tonnes of spices in the previous year.
Chilli was the largest produced spice with a crop size of 2.3 million tonnes. However, output of the spice was down nearly 4% on year.
The commodity-wise break-up of production (in tn), and area (in ha) for 2017-18 is as below:
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