Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Srikakulam Coir
2 Place Srikakulam
3 District Srikakulam
4 State Andhra Pradesh
5 No of firms (by type) 538 Micro Enterprises 
6 No. of workers 7020 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs. 50 Million
8 Associations in cluster Nil
9 Major products Fibre, Yarn, Rope, Curled Fibre, Matress
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) Coir Board, Rajahmundry
11 Major markets Domestic: Hyderabad, Orissa, Bengal, Maharshtra
Exports: No visible direct exports observed in the cluster
12 Major problems/prospects Obsolete technology in yarn winding,
weak marketing effort/ linkages among artisans
Higher cost of production
lack of collective effort in input sourcing/ marketing Poor infra facilities

13 Data source and updated on DSR and progress reports submitted to Coir Board by APITCO (Year : 2011)