♻️ Indian Bamboo Industry :
✅ In India, bamboo is mainly used in manufacturing of Agarbatti where, about 16%, i.e. the upper layers of the bamboo, is used for manufacturing bamboo sticks while the remaining 84% of bamboo is of complete waste.
✅ The Bamboo waste generated in Agarbatti and bamboo craft industries is not being utilized commercially, as a result, the Bamboo input cost for Bamboo Sticks is very high compared to the average Bamboo cost.
✅ The Bamboo price in China is very low compared to the input cost owing to 100% waste utilization.
♻️ Bamboo Charcoal :
✅ The bamboo wastes can be best used for making “Bamboo Charcoal” which has a huge demand in the international market.
✅ The demand for import of bamboo charcoal has been in the range of $1.5 to 2 billion and has been growing at a high rate.
✅ Rising import demand is seen in countries like the USA, Japan, Korea, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France and the UK.
✅ It is also used as a soil nutrient and raw material for manufacturing Activated Charcoal.
✅ However, the Indian bamboo industry is not able to tap the opportunity due to its “export prohibition”.
✅ The exports of Bamboo Charcoal, Bamboo Pulp and unprocessed shoots are kept under the prohibited category in India.
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✳️Mains: Issues in the Indian Bamboo Industry and need for lifting “export prohibition” on Bamboo Charcoal.
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