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The Kendu Leaf Trade: Problems & Prospects in Orissa - Vasundhara

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Chart-12<br />

Total production of bidi by registered units <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Jharsuguda range of Central Excise & Customs<br />

4500000000<br />

4000000000<br />

3500000000<br />

3000000000<br />

2500000000<br />

2000000000<br />

1500000000<br />

1000000000<br />

500000000<br />

0<br />

1999374590<br />

1616355400<br />

1996-97<br />

1997-98<br />

1998-99<br />

1999-2000<br />

2000-01<br />

2001-02<br />

2002-03<br />

2003-04<br />

2004-05<br />

2005-06<br />

Bidi production <strong>in</strong><br />

numbers<br />

Year<br />

(based on data provided by Central Excise & Customs)<br />

Chart-13<br />

Production of bidi <strong>in</strong> areas other than western <strong>Orissa</strong><br />

Production <strong>in</strong> number<br />

7000000000<br />

6000000000<br />

5000000000<br />

4000000000<br />

3000000000<br />

2000000000<br />

1000000000<br />

0<br />

1996-97<br />

1997-98<br />

1998-99<br />

1999-00<br />

2000-01<br />

2001-02<br />

2002-03<br />

2003-04<br />

2004-05<br />

2005-06<br />

Year<br />

(based on data provided by Central Excise & Customs)<br />

And, although some <strong>in</strong>dividual units appear to have suffered badly(see, for <strong>in</strong>stance, chart 14 for<br />

the official projections of New <strong>Orissa</strong> Bidi, one of the popular brands of coastal <strong>Orissa</strong>) dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the concerned period(1996-97 to 2005-06), that is not necessarily due to the crisis <strong>in</strong> the bidi<br />

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