A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten fresh as table grapes or they can be used for making wine, jam, juice, jelly, grape seed extract, raisins, vinegar, and grape seed oil. Table grapes are most often packaged in plastic punnets, such as clamshells. These punnets are then placed in a cardboard crate. The processes at the export packhouse include: receipt of raw material at packhouse; weighing and acceptance of produce; trimming, sorting and grading; weighing, packing and coding; pre-cooling; sulphur dioxide padding; palletization; storage (cold stores); container loading; and transportation.
Grapes account for 2.7 percent of production and 1.4 percent of total fruit area in India. India is a small producer of grapes, with a world share of less than 2 percent. India produced more than 1.2 million tonnes of grapes from 0.11 million ha. Grapes are one of India’s important fruit exports, with a 9.1 percent share in all fruit and nut export. As a whole any entrepreneur can venture in this project without risk and earn profit.
Few Indian major players are as under
· Archon Engineering Co. Ltd.
· Associated Woodrums Mfg. Pvt. Ltd.
· DevKunj Trade Enterprises Ltd.
· Empower India Ltd.
· FicusPax Pvt. Ltd.
· Infragro Industries Ltd.