Growth and Instability Analysis of Indian Grapes Export

The study was conducted to assess the growth and instability in export of grapes. Compound growth rate and instability index were employed to analyse the time series data for 26 years collected from APEDA and FAO. The result showed that the grapes exports during pre-WTO period, registered a significantly positive growth with less instability index in terms of export quantity, value and unit price realized as against comparatively less growth rate with the higher instability index during post-WTO period. Quantum of fresh grapes exported to Bangladesh, Germany, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia were increasing positively in association with high instability indices. As revealed by high compound growth rates of export of grapes to European countries and Bangladesh, the crop needs to be identified as an important commodity for export promotion not only to these countries but also to other potential importing countries.