, the exports from
India during 2002-2007 grew from Rs 266
crore during 2002-2003 to Rs 302 crore
during 2003-2004 and Rs 273 crore during
2004-2005 to achieve a growth rate of
2.66 per cent (Singh 2009).The Indian
export basket comprises of 71 per cent of
dry flowers which are exported to USA,
Europe, Japan, Australia, far East and
Russia. Dry flowers constitute more than
two-thirds of the total floriculture exports.
The demand for dry flowers is increasing at
an impressive rate of 8-10 per cent annually
thus offering a lot of opportunities for the
Indian entrepreneurs to enter in the global
floricultural trade (Singh 2009)