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TABLE E.1 <strong>India</strong>: U.S. agricultural products with sales potential
Product(s)
Projected
annual
import
growth in
value (%)
Growth
period
General 15–20 2008–12 Growing consumption but
poor quality <strong>of</strong> some
domestic products.
Consumer willingness to try
U.S. wines <strong>and</strong> spirits.
Kerala <strong>and</strong> Punjab are
large potential markets.
Distilled sprits ( b ) ( b ) Fifth-largest market for
distilled spirits in the world.
Large potential market for
U.S. whiskey exports.
Wine ( b ) ( b ) Developing wine culture
especially in the top income
brackets. Wine market has
high growth rates.
Chocolate, chocolate
syrups, <strong>and</strong> other cocoa
products
Tariff rate(s) (%)
Market attractiveness
for United States Constraints Bound Applied
Alcoholic beverages
5–10 2008–12 Increasing dem<strong>and</strong> for
imported products/br<strong>and</strong>s
<strong>and</strong> a shortage <strong>of</strong> quality
domestic products. Low per
capita consumption
compared to the United
States <strong>and</strong> Western Europe
as well as other developing
countries, holds potential
for increased consumption.
Competition from the EU <strong>and</strong>
other foreign suppliers.
Large volume <strong>of</strong> domestic
production. Special
constraints on alcohol sales.
Special constraints on alcohol
sales. Competition from
Australia, EU, <strong>and</strong> other
exporting countries. Increased
domestic production.
Confectionery
Competition from domestic
suppliers, South Asian
countries, <strong>and</strong> the EU.
Specific
NTM/issue a
150 150 TX, TBT,
SR
150 150 TX, TBT,
SR
150 150 TX, TBT,
SR
Source(s)
USDA, FAS, <strong>India</strong>:
Exporter Guide, Annual
2007, October 1, 2007;
USDA, FAS, <strong>India</strong>: HRI
Food Service Sector,
Annual 2007,
December 14, 2007.
Distilled Spirits Council <strong>of</strong>
the United States, written
submission to the USITC,
June 25, 2009;
government <strong>of</strong>ficials,
interview by Commission
staff, New Delhi, <strong>India</strong>,
May 11, 2009
JBC International Inc.
“Comprehensive Study <strong>of</strong>
the <strong>India</strong>n Wine Market,”
August 21, 2008; USITC,
Hearing transcript,
April 21, 2009, (testimony
<strong>of</strong> James Gore for the
Wine Institute, Wine
America, the California
Association <strong>of</strong> Winegrape
Growers <strong>and</strong> the
Winegrape Growers <strong>of</strong>
America).
150 30 NR USDA, FAS, <strong>India</strong>:
Exporter Guide, Annual
2008, October 1, 2008;
USDA, FAS; <strong>India</strong>: HRI
Food Service Sector,
Annual 2007, December
14, 2007; <strong>and</strong> National
Confectioners
Association, written
submission to the USITC,
May 14, 2009, 3–4.
See footnotes at end <strong>of</strong> table.