Lac, Plant Resins and Gums Statistics 2015: At a Glance

Abstract

Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) have for many years been seen as providing fertile ground for community development initiatives, especially those focused on rural, remote, indigenous, and/or economically marginalized communities. Production of such natural products is greatly influenced by weather vagaries and prices. Therefore, statistics of these commodities are sought by the traders, processors, exporters, importers, government officials, policy makers, researchers and others. The present publication, ‘Lac, Plant Resins and Gums Statistics 2015: At a Glance’ contains statistics on geographical distribution, production, price, processing, export and import of natural resins and gums including lac, pine resins, guar gum, gum karaya, dhawda gum, Olibanum, etc. The production of gums in important States, viz, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh; production of pine resins in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh; export and import of natural resins and gums is included to give a clear and comprehensive overview of the most important information in as little time as possible. Reliable and timely availability of data and information on natural resins and gums production may be helpful to the stakeholders. Documentation of updated major production and market areas will be helpful in relation to plan their operation in time for collection and disposal of the produces. This publication is the comprehensive treatment of Natural Resins and Gums (NRGs) in India. It had a strong focus on the markets and potential markets for these products. It will be useful to private sectors who are interested in increasing their income and widening its base. In this issue, content is presented in five major headings covering introduction; methodology; production, processing and trade; policy implications and conclusions. Information on market trend is essential for better organization of Indian producing states to meet increasing demand through better organization of their local/regional/national commercial channels from production to export, stabilization of the market with appropriate stocks, quality control of exported products and adequate support and application of price at production level. While it applies to a wide range of situations, marketing research gives decision-makers the information they need to find solutions to business problems such as how consumer satisfaction, decision, etc. Simply put, the solution to most business problems can be found through marketing research.