Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | kollam Coir Cluster |
| 2 | Place | kollam |
| 3 | District | kollam |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 343 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 50000lacs |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 5000million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Small Scale Coir Producers Associations State Coir Corporations Of Kerala And Karnataka |
| 9 | Major products | Coir products Geo-textile Coir Polymer Mats and Mattings |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Central Coir Research Institute (CCRI) Kalavoor Central Institute of Coir Technology, (CACTI) Bangalore National Coir Training and Design Centre Regional Coir Training And Development Centres At Thanjavur, Arisikere, Rajamundry And Bhubaneswer |
| 11 | Major markets | Export market USA UK Spain France Germany Bangladesh Japan Pakistan Korea R.P. Domestic market East North East-north |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Lack of brand image Lack of market knowledge and efforts for domestic and international consumer Lack of training programs Cluster is solely dependent on APMC for supply of raw material. Use of traditional process of development and low level of development Lack of commercialization of developed technology due to poor networking |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by EDII), Ahemedabad Year 2001 |