Tamil Nadu: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Tamil Nadu known for?

• Manapparai murukkuCrisp spiral rice-flour murukku from ManapparaiGI 2023
• Kovilpatti kadalai mittaiGroundnut and jaggery brittleGI 2020
• Srivilliputhur palkovaMilk-and-sugar sweet with a short shelf lifeGI 2019

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What does Tamil Nadu export?

• Turmeric

  1.21 lakh t Apr–Nov 2024, 1.27 lakh t same period next year (Erode trade report, likely India-wide)

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• Mango pulp

  India 63,253 t, USD 80.34 million in FY25 (Krishnagiri and Chittoor clusters)

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• Seafood (via Chennai port)

  1.10 lakh t, ₹5,411 crore in FY 2025-26

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• Dried fish

  Thoothukudi ships to Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Gulf (no value published)

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India publishes few export figures by state of origin. Where a figure is national, a port total or a single shipment, it says so.

Where is it grown, processed and shipped?

• Erode

  Erode turmeric (GI 2018-19); India's second-largest turmeric market Source

• Krishnagiri

  Totapuri and Alphonso mango pulp cluster Source

• Theni

  Banana-based products ODOP Source

• Thoothukudi

  Port; dried fish exports; palm products ODOP Source

• Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi

  Kovilpatti kadalai mittai, groundnut candy (GI 2020) Source

• Manapparai, Tiruchirappalli

  Manapparai murukku (GI 2022-23) Source

• Sivaganga

  Spices Board spice park for chilli and turmeric Source

• Panruti, Cuddalore

  Panruti cashew and Panruti jackfruit (GI 2024-25) Source

Sources

• ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, agricultural briefs of Tamil Nadu
• PIB coconut factsheet (2026)
• Spices Board, list of spice GIs
• GI Registry, Manapparai murukku
• Deccan Herald, Kovilpatti kadalai mittai GI
• GI Registry, Srivilliputhur palkova