Growth Performance and Export Destination of Indian Fruits: Evidence from Markov Chain Approach

As we compare with production export of Indian fruits is low. India has a large number of varieties of fruit in its basket and nearly accounts for 13 per cent of the world's total fruit production. The overall focus of this study was to reveal the results of significant fruit growth trends and the export destination of fruits in the world. The study used secondary data on mango, banana, grapes oranges, and apple from 2001-02 to 2015-16. Compound Annual Growth Rate and Markov chain analysis were to analyze the growth and destination. The study concluded that the growth rate of export of banana, mango, orange, grapes, and apples was higher in Iran, Bangladesh, Nepal, Russian Federation, and UAE in terms of value and quantity respectively. Markov chain analysis indicated that Saudi Arabia is a stable destination for Banana, Bahrain for mango, UAE, for grapes, Bangladesh for oranges, and Nepal for apples. India has vast potential in the production of many fruits but proper export guidance and training programmes are need to be arranged to farmers, which may help to reach out to the world market.