Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Koraput Cashew Processing |
| 2 | Place | Jeypore and Koraput Blocks |
| 3 | District | Koraput |
| 4 | State | Orissa |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 34 Micro Cashew Processing Firms and 5 Small Cashew Nut Shell Liquid Firms |
| 6 | No. of workers | 7000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs.900 millions |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Jeypore Cashew manufacturing Association |
| 9 | Major products | Cashew Kernels Cashew Nut Shell Liquid |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Nil |
| 11 | Major markets | Within country AP, Orissa, Kerala Export USA European Union markets |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Improving the yield of whole kernels through minimization of yield of broken kernels generation Health & Hygiene improvement of workers to improve productivity & Quality to cater to Export market Skill up gradation of workers in grading, sorting, peeling etc Creation of Testing facility to achieve economics of scale and document raw material quality Value addition of final products Brand building of Organic cashew cluster |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by APITCO for DC-MSME (Jan 2010) |