Abstract

Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade is becoming a big constraint to many nations in respect of export of farm produce because of the restrictions towards maintaining food safety and standards for the health awareness. Due to this restriction, many of the export has become decreased in terms of its quantity and value and few of the commodities have performed well in respect of production and export. Red Chilli is one of the spice commodity performed well amidst different Non-Tariff Measures and hence this paper has presented the production and export performance that took place in a three decade of time revealed that the production and export of spices found to be on the increasing phase.

Keywords

production of spices, export of spices, red chilli, compound growth rate, performance of spices, Import quotas, subsidies, customs delays, developmental initiatives, production and productivity, spices Parks, poor rainfall, quality advantage, new regulations, traceability considerations, contractual arrangements