Where does India stand on agri commodities?

MUMBAI: India is the largest producer and consumer of several agri commodities in the world. Check out a fact sheet on where India stands in cotton, castorseed, chilli, pepper, jeera, soybean and mentha oil.

CASTORSEED:
• India is the biggest producer of castor seed in the world
• India is the only country which meets majority of the industrial demand of the castor seed oil Internationally
• Gujarat and Rajasthan are the major producing states (contributing ~90% of total production)

CHILLI:
• India is the biggest producer, consumer and exporter of chilli in the world
• Andhra Pradesh is the biggest producer in India

COTTON:
• India has emerged as the world's second largest cotton producer in 2006-07, edging past the US, which held the second rank until recently. China's is the world's leading cotton producer.
• Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh are the major producers in India.

GUARSEED:
• India is the largest producer of Guarseed in the world accounting for ~80% of total production.
• In India, Rajasthan alone produces 65-70% of total production.

JEERA:
• India is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of Jeera in the world.
• Gujarat and Rajasthan account for ~90% of total Indian production.

MENTHA OIL:
• India is the largest producer and exporter of menthe oil in the world
• In India, UP is the major producing state.

RMSEED:
• Mustard/Rapeseed oil is the third largest edible oil produced in the world after Soy oil and Palm oil.

PEPPER:
• Vietnam dominates global pepper trade by producing nearly 34% of global pepper production
• Kerala alone accounts for 94 percent of the total area and 96 percent of the total production of pepper in India.

SUGAR:
• India the largest consumer and second largest producer of sugar in the world
• The state of Uttar Pradesh stands first in the sugarcane and sugar production in India. It alone accounts for nearly 42 % of the total sugarcane and around 30 % of the total sugar production of the country.

SOYBEAN:
• US, Brazil and Argentina account for ~80% of total production
• MP and Maharashtra account for more than 60% of soybean production in India.

TURMERIC:
• India is considered the largest producer, consumer and exporter of turmeric in the world
• India accounts for ~78% of total world production.