Coir Industry in Kerala
Kerala aggregates 95 percent of the entire coir and coir product production in India. Kerala produces white fibre, accounting for 61% of coconut production and over 85% of coir products. Coir sector provides employment directly and indirectly to nearly 1 lakh coir workers. About 88,000 are enrolled as members in the Kerala Coir Workers Welfare Fund Board (KCWWF) of which around 80% are women. The entire processes in coir industry of the state can be divided into three major segments, namely fibre extraction, spinning and products sectors. In Kerala, the Coir Public Sector Undertakings like Kerala State Coir Corporation (KSCC) and Foam Mattings (India) Limited along with Coirfed are engaged in export actvities of coir products. Kerala Government declared the year 2010 as the 'Year of Coir'. The Slogan of Kerala Coir is ‘Golden Yarn of God's Own Country'. The first Coir village (gramam) is Vayalar. The Coir Board was established in 1954. The Coir Board was started by the Central Government under Coir Industry Act 1955. Coir Research Institute is located at Kalavoor. The apex federation in the coir sector of kerala is Kerala State Coir Co-operative Marketing Federation (COIRFED). It is located in AIappuzha (1979). PSUs in the coir sector of Kerala are Kerala State Coir Corporation Ltd (KSCC) and Foam Mattings (India) Ltd (FOMIL). The National Coir Training and Designing Centre established in 1965 is situated in Alappuzha. The National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) is situated at Thiruvananthapuram.
Coir Industries in Kerala
■ Foam Mattings (India) Limited
■ Coirfed
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