Abstract

                                Out of a normal production of one lakh tons of groundnut kernels in North Arcot district about 5,000 tons are utilised for edible purposes. Nearly 12,000 tons of kernels are required for seed material and this quantity is sold as pods in the villages. The rest 83,000 tons are assembled in the various centres, as pods or as kernels and sold either directly or through commission mundies or have them auctioned in the decorticating premises to the consumers like the exporters and the oil crushers or to the merchants. The Statement I below, gives an approximate idea of the quantities involved in the different methods of marketing groundnut obtained in North Arcot district.

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