Stability in Indian Export Value of Coffee in Post Reform Period

Over the years Indian foreign trade has experienced many ups and downs in its path of development. In post reform period, Indian trade has shown a change in its composition of exports away from agricultural goods to manufactured goods and finally to export of services. From early days India had concentrated in export of agricultural goods, being an agrarian economy. In post reform period also agricultural goods have played a vital role in earning foreign exchange for the country. The paper will deal with the stability in the export values of coffee in US million over the years. The three southern states of the country, namely, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu account for almost the whole of India's coffee production. Indian coffee is finding its way to distant shores. Indian Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) in its data mentioned that India is among the top 10 coffee -producing countries, with about 3 per cent of the global output in 2020.