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In Kollam district alone there are more than 250,000 employees directly involved in the industry, which comes about 10 per cent of the population of the district, out of which 95 per cent are women workers. Kollam is very famous for its traditional Cashew business. [5] More than 600 Cashew Processing Units are there in Kollam.
The Cashew business in Kollam is based in the eponymous city, which is known as the Cashew Capital of the World. [1] Kollam is the largest processed cashew exporter in the world. As of 2011 there were more than 600 cashew processing units in the city. About 800,000 tonnes of raw cashews are imported to the city for processing every year.
Kollam or Quilon is known as the Cashew Capital of the World. Kollam is the largest processed cashew exporter in the world. As of 2011, there are more than 600 cashew processing units in the city. About 800,000 tonnes (790,000 long tons; 880,000 short tons) of raw cashews are imported to the city for processing every year.
India is on top nowadays in exporting cashew kernels and cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL). Foreign exchange earned by the country through export of cashew kernels during 2011–12 touched Rs.4,390 crore as per statistics of Cashew Export Promotion Council of India. 1.31 lakh tonnes of kernel were exported during 2011–12; 80% of India's export quality cashew kernels are prepared in Kollam. [8]
CAPEX, also known as the Kerala State Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society, is an organization managed by the government of Kerala to promote the cashew industry and especially the export market for cashews.
Kochupilamoodu or Kochupilammoodu is an important neighbourhood and cashew hub in Kollam city, Kerala, India. It is one of the prominent business centres in the city. Kochupilamoodu is very close to Downtown Kollam area and is about 1 km away from Chinnakada. It is on the way to Kollam Port from the city CBD of Kollam [1]
Kollam or Quilon is an old seaport and a city on the Laccadive Sea coast in Kerala, India, on Ashtamudi Lake. [1] [2] [3] The city remains notable as the ancient commercial capital of Kerala and the southwestern Indian coast, in addition to its fame as the "Cashew Capital of the World".
Nila Cashew packets displayed in a supermarket at Paravur near Kollam. Nila Cashews is one among the popular Kollam-based cashew exporters. Cashew business and export from Kollam city is world-famous and that is why Kollam is known as Cashew Capital of the World. The gigantic two-storied building was owned by an American businessman Lindsay ...