Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Vaikom Coir |
| 2 | Place | Vaikom |
| 3 | District | Kottayam |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 29 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 21006 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 10853 million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Psyllium Processor s Association |
| 9 | Major products | Coir Mats and Matting Cricket mats Geo-textiles |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
National Research Center for medicinal and associate plants, Indian country of Agriculture Research, Anand, Gujarat Gujarat Agriculture Universities, Daniyawada, Pilvai, Anand |
| 11 | Major markets | Export market USA England Europe UK Netherlands Germany Australia France 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 Weak presence of BDS providers |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by T.K. Premachandran, Senior Co-operative inspector, Coir Project office, Vaikom, in year 2002. |