Trend and competitiveness of pomegranate in domestic and international prices

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the trend and competitiveness in domestic and international of pomegranate. Trend and Competitiveness of pomegranate in domestic and international prices to analyse the time series data for 15 years collected from APEDA and Agmarknet. The lowest variation in export quantity and value was observed in UAE i.e. 34.99 per cent and 36.80 per cent respectively. Trend in domestic price and international price of pomegranate was increasing at increasing rate. There was no stability in export quantity and value of pomegranate from India throughout the study period. The NPC value of pomegranate showed that in period I with average NPC value as 0.91 and NPC value for the period II was 1.11, period III was 0.56 and for overall period it was 0.74 which indicate moderate export competitiveness in international market. Indian Pomegranate has better competitiveness in International market is accepted.