ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 India Malaysia Sri lanka Philippines Cambodia World Total Mean Std.Dev 20 1555 66 45 120 10233 18801 1880 3102 23 1273 26 40 100 9876 18536 1853 2833 15 1344 50 38 60 8673 18555 1856 3040 25 1380 36 32 86 9743 20651 2065 3004 Source: rubber growers guide 2015 The table 5.6 examine that country wise export information of Natural Rubber during the study period from 2001-02 to 2013-14 , the leading export market of Indian Natural rubber are China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Spain, Pakistan, Singapore and Nepal. In 2011-12, export of NR decreased to 27,145 MT as compared to 29,851 MT in 2010-11. Sri lanka’s share in the total export increased to 24.4 per cent with 6,623 MT as compared to 2,619 last year. Malaysia continued to remain the second largest export destination for India at 4,273 MT and 15.7 per cent share as compared to 6,555 MT and 22 per cent share. The above table also shows that the output of Mean and Standard Deviation. It is noted from the table that the mean value for country wise export of NR from 2010-10 to 2013-14 are 1880, 1853, 1856, and 2065, and the standard deviation values are 3102, 2833, 3040 and 3004 respectively. SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF NATURAL RUBBER DISTRIBUTORS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT Distribution of sample respondent by channel of distribution A channel of distribution is an organized net-work or a system of agencies and institutions which, in combinations, perform all the activities required to link producers with users and users with producers to accomplish the marketing task. Marketing channels are routes through which agricultural products move from producers to consumers. The length of the channel varies from commodity to commodity, depending on the quantity to be moved and the form of consumer demand and degree of regional specialization in production. The following table explains the channel of distribution of rubber Table 5.7 Channel of distribution Categories Taluk Kalkulam Vilavancode Village traders 37 (52.9) 26 Co-op society 18 (25.7) 12 143 Commission agent 10 (14.3) 9 Wholesalers 5 (7.1) 3 Total 70 (100) 50
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