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26/9/2013

Guar Gum production in India increased the market for agricultural product export

Guar gum is an endosperm obtained from guar bean and it is found to be an effective ingredient with unbelievable property of thickening in many food processing and manufacturing industry. India is a leading country that grows relatively larger amount of guar bean plants. With the raising applications of guar gum powder in various industries like food, textile, printing, ice cream manufacturing, explosives, and medications etc the demand for guar gum powder production have considerably increased worldwide. Since India produces majority of Guar gum product the expectation over Indian product in guar gum market have also been increasing. Guar powder production mainly depends on cultivation of guar bean plants, places in India like Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, etc are known for guar gum cultivation.  Hence, India is able to produce guar product in a large amount and occupy a leading position in the market. In addition, between 2012- 2013 nearly 18% of agricultural export was found to be from India and guar products is one among them.

What makes India made guar gum popular in the world market?

The climatic condition in India is one of the major reasons that favour the growth of guar gum cultivation. Hence, guar bean cultivation can be found in many Indian states. When compared to the agricultural export and the subsequent industrial applications, guar powder has been applied in various industries for its thickening power and viscosity. The oil companies for instance find the application of guar gum as an organizing agent to for converting the drilling process to an easy and economical one.  Hence, the demand appeared to rise as years pass by and scope of guar gum market in India improved. Hence, the demand for guar gum powder raises considerably between the years 2010 to 2013 making India and Indian made guar gum most popular in the world market as the Data from the Director General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics observed a production record of 1.5 million tonnes of guar gum product in India.

How India gained familiarity with guar gum powder manufacturing?

The following application of guar gum in several industries is one of the main reasons behind the demand for guar gum products. In addition, there are many attractive reasons that made India the leading guar powder manufacturer in the world such as

  • Availability of natural resources and suitable climatic condition in majority states in India for Guar bean cultivation
  • Increasing industrial applications with guar products
  • Majority of large scale industries like oil, paper, textile depend on guar products for easy manufacturing process.
  • Important export destinations like United States, China, Germany, Canada, etc prefer to depend on Guar products from India.

These are some of the reasons that made India popular in guar gum powder manufacturing and subsequent agricultural export market.

Conclusion

While analysing the demands and increasing industrial usages, the future of guar gum production will never fade away. Countries that cultivate guar gum and manufacturers related products will have a key role to play in the world market as well. This article has been written by Biren Patel working at Agro Gums. Agro Gums is a guar and cassia gum manufacturing company offering high quality guar gum powder, fast hydration guar gum powder, cassia powder, guar splits and guar meal to satisfy the production requirements of various industries across the world.