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priced from Rs 36 to 46 in a year, the average price of
Rs 41 ($ 0.66) was taken into account in arriving the
gross income. When one could compare the cost of
Production per kg of match splints, the sale price is
comparatively higher and the firm should be in a
position to produce more during the demanding season.
Fuel Wood is another important output which is
consumed in brick kilns, hotels and restaurants and tea
shops which is priced at Rs 3 per kg which is
demanded in Coimbatore and Tiruppur Districts. The
bark is one of the outputs which are demanded in the
households for heating the water during the cold
months and the same is also used as fuel wood for
cooking among the poor households. They used to
visit the industry and extract the bark while they are
fresh and take the goods at free of cost. The dried bark
is sometimes sold at the rate of Rs one per kg of bark
locally and the wood residue is another byproduct
which is also used by the rural households and the
same is received at the price of one rupee per kg. The
remaining is planned to be consumed at the industry
itself for making briquettes. The industry is getting
ready to install the briquetting unit to earn another
output which is also demanded in the restaurants and
hotels and bakery units heavily.
The match splints industry located in Western Zone of
Tamil Nadu are manufacturing the match splints alone
which is demanded in the Southern Part of Tamil
Nadu where the match manufacturing units are
mushroomed and has more orders for different
product lines like match sticks, cracker sticks and
other value added product using the match splints.
Hence they are not planned for establishing match
manufacturing unit as an additional in their
manufacturing space. However, the wooden residues
are not fetching right price as residues, the industry
has planned to establish the briquetting unit in the
manufacturing space as part of diversification and
value addition to fetch higher income.
To sum up, the outputs generated from the match
wood industry is consumed by different user agencies
at appropriate prices which is agreeable to both the
producer and the consumers. The outputs realized are
capable of generating considerable income to the
industry and motivating the firm to run by overcoming
the shortcomings in this sector.
1.9.
Trend in the Export Prices of Match Splints
The paper has highlighted the local market price of
match splints in the above section. However the price
of match splints and the wooden safety matches
prevailed in the export markets is important to have
better understanding for the agripreneurs. The details
are analyzed and the results are presented in Table 9.
Table 9 revealed the details of export prices of
wooden match splints and the wooden safety matches
Table 9 Details of Export Price of Wooden Match Splints and the Safety Matches from India
Sl.No
Date of Export
Product and Product Code
Destination
Price Per Kg (INR)
1
02.08. 2013
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Kenya
71.00
2
06.08.2013
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Tanzania
66.00
3
22.08.2013
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Kenya
71.00
4
07.10.2013
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Kenya
62.00
5
17.04.2014
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Turkey
69.00
6
03.06.2014
Wooden Safety Matches (36050010)
Djibouti
74.00
7
28.06.2014
Wooden Safety Matches (36050010)
Djibouti
73.00
8
18.11.2014
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Zambia
49.00
9
09.12.2014
Wooden Safety Matches (36050010)
Zambia
95.00
10
17.12.2014
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Turkey
73.00
11
20.06.2015
Wooden Match Splints (44219030)
Zambia
63.00
Average Price of Match Splints per Kg
65.50
Average Price of Safety Matches per Kg
80.67
Local Market Price of Match Splints per Kg
41.00
Percentage Change in the Price of Safety Matches over the Match Splints
23.16
Percentage Change in the Export Price of Match Splints over the Domestic Market Price of Match Splints
per Kg
59.76
