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Trade of Flower
As per the survey, it is estimated that about 628 people have
engaged in the trade of flowers in the state.
The important flowers traded in our state are Banthi, Jasmine,
Lilly, Lotus, Marigold, Vadamulla, Anthooriyam, Orchids etc.
Anthoorium, Orchids, Cut flowers, Rose etc are used for many
purposes here. Out of the 61389 quintals of flowers traded in the state,
5.07% is Banthi, 1.74% is Cut flowers,0.8% is Ixora, 22.84% is Jasmine,
2.67% Lilly, 15.18% Marigold, 3.99% is Vadamulla and 47.65% is other
flowers. The trade of flowers
like Anthooriyam Orchid and Lotus are done in numbers.
Out of the 1573430 flowers traded, 26.25% are Orchids, 14.12% are
Anthooriyam and 59.61% is Lotus. The
production of Lotus is comparatively higher in Malappuram and
Thiruvananthapuram districts. Major
portion of the trade is going on in Eranakulam (17.52%) and
Thiruvananthapuram, is in the 2nd position with 12.61%.
The least trade in this is noticed in Wayanad district. Jasmine
is the highest selling flower in the state.
Jasmine for Rs.84043080/- (28.29%) is traded in the state during
the reference year. An
average sale of 2.30 lakhs per day was seen in the sale of Jasmine. Out
of the total sale of Rs.296979149, 88.80% was purchased by consumers.
2.53% was purchased by different institutions and 8.66% was
purchased by other traders. Traders purchased the flowers from different places inside and outside the state. About 96% of flowers was distributed by agents. 33.18% was from different places inside the state and 66.82% was from outside the state.
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Table –E1 (contd…)
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