Vol. 10, Special Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Mohammadullah, Dr. C Murthy, Dr. Sunita Johri and Vennila M

Abstract:
Grape (Vitis vinifera) is one of the most delicious refreshing and nourishing fruits. It is universally consumed as table fruit and ripen grapes are easily digestible. The study was based on the time series, secondary data collected from different reliable resources and data were collected for the period of 2007-08 to 2019-20. The area of grapes in the year 2007-08 was 68 thousand hectares has rose to 140 thousand hectares in the year 2019-20. Production which was 1735 thousand Mt in the year 2007-08 was increased to 3125 thousand Mt in the year 2019-20. Five major countries which are importing grapes from India are Netherland, Russia, United Kingdom, Bangladesh and Germany. Russia, United Kingdom, Bangladesh and Germany were found to be stable markets with good amount of retention of market share. The country Netherland retained 36 per cent of its previous market share of which it lost to Russia with 9 per cent, 3 per cent to Germany and 51 per cent to other minor importing countries during the study period. Russia and Germany were found to be more stable market in terms of value for the grapes that are exported during the study period. Netherland, United Kingdom, Bangladesh and other minor importing countries were found to be moderately stable. Government need to meet the demands as per the specifications of the country to retain the country to be loyal for the imports of grapes.