Poultry Farming

Poultry farming in the state is most dynamic and fastest growing sector. The present egg production in the state is 12,000 million eggs per annum and 100 million broilers are produced in 2,700 layer and 4,000 broiler farms. An average of 35 million eggs are produced per day in the state. The growth rate in the layer and broiler production is 5% and 10% respectively per annum. The estimates indicate that the layers may increase to 63 millions and broiler to 130 millions and egg production may increase to 15,300 millions by 2005.

About 200 million eggs are exported during the last year from the country and out of them 60 million eggs are from the state. 12 million broiler hatching eggs were exported to Gulf from Andhra Pradesh out of total export of 21 million eggs from India. About 108 containers ( with individual capacity of 410 thousand eggs ) were exported to Dubai, Muscat and Kuwait during 1998-99 with a value worth Rs.80 million (US USD 1.6 million).

The states is having good potential for setting up of processing units, packing and grading units for eggs and cold chain developments for preservation.

Spices

The state is the leading producer of some of the spices such as chillies, turmeric, tamarind, ginger, coriander, etc. The state ranks first in the country in chillies and turmeric production and ranks second in coriander production. In 1999-2000, the production of chillies in the state was 440 thousand tonnesand turmeric production was 228 thousand tonnes.

70% chillies are sold as dried red chillies and 30% is processed into chilly powder. There are 58 leading units in processing and production of chilly powder. A majority of these units are located in Guntur, Warangal and Hyderabad. There are 40 turmeric processing units located mostly in Nizamabad and Medak Districts. Tamarind production is 33 thousand tonnes.

Exports of chillies in 1997-98 was Rs.161 million (US USD 3.2 million). The exports of turmeric during 1997-98 was Rs.3.5 million (US USD 70,000) The exports of tamarind was Rs.131 million (US USD 2.62 million) during 1997-98.

Mines and Minerals

Andhra Pradesh is the second largest store house of Mineral Resources in India. The State has identified the Mining Sector as one of thegrowth engines for the overall development of industry and infrastructure. A total of 48 minerals are found in the State including vast unexplored resources of Coal, Limestone, Oil and Natural Gas, Manganese, Asbestos, Iron Ore, Ball Clay, Fire Clay, Gold Diamonds, Graphite, Dolomite, Quartz, Tungsten, Steatitic, Feldspar, Silica Sand etc

The State stands fourth in value of Mineral Production, contributing 7 per cent (Rs.36 billion) (US USD 0.72 ) of the country’s value of production of Rs.530 billion (US USD 10.6 billion). The State also contributes Rs.2000 million ( US USD 40 million) by way of foreign exchange. It produces about 70 million tonnes of Industrial minerals and seven million cubic meters of dimensional stones and building material contributing nearly Rs.65 million (US USD 1.3 million) to the State Exchequer.

Textiles and Apparels

Andhra Pradesh has been producing good quality cotton with a comparatively higher output per hectare in India. The average production of medium and superior long staple cotton has crossed 2.6 million bales. With cotton in abundance, Textile Industry in the State is flourishing.

There are around 70 Cotton Spinning Mills in the State with a total spindlage of 18.30 millions and 9 open end spinning mills with 5716 rotars. There is scope for a lot spinning mills with State-of-the-art technology machines having minimum 25000 spindles.

Currently, there are 1050 weaving units with a production capacity of about 750 million metres of fabrics. The State has emerged as a large Textile processing centre with over 100 units, with a total processing capacity of 13 million metres of cloth per annum.

IT Industry

Andhra Pradesh has a tremendous growth in IT industry. Software exports from the State have risen from just Rs.40.0 million (USUSD 1 million) in 1992-93 to Rs.20000.0 million (USUSD 400 million) in 2000-2001. Andhra Pradesh has been able to achieve above 100 per cent CAGR (Compounded Annual Growth Rate) in the software sector during the period 1992-2000.

There is abundant availability of highly skilled IT manpower, pleasant climate, good technical and social infrastructure, and a pro-active Government. Companies like Microsoft, IBM, Motorola, Oracle, Baan and Wipro have set up their operations in Hyderabad. Local entrepreneurs have also set up several start-up companies. Not only have they achieved high growth rates but a few have even become global.

Andhra Pradesh based IT companies like Satyam computers and Infotech Enterprises have set up operations in the United States. Satyam Computer’s subsidiary, Satyam Infoway, has become the second Indian company to be listed on the NASDAQ.The number of software companies in Andhra Pradesh has risen from just 26 units in 1992-93 to 1200 in 2001.