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North and Middle Andaman
North & Middle Andaman has legal padauk and gurjan hardwood and a small, stable woodworking tradition. A village-level handicraft co-op converts kiln-dried offcuts into furniture and decor that ships to Port Blair tourist hubs and online buyers — value-add per cubic foot is 4–6× raw timber sale.
Nicobar
The Nicobar Islands grow lakhs of coconut palms but most fruit ships out as raw nut. A small mechanised copra and cold-pressed virgin coconut oil unit captures the value-add locally and reaches mainland D2C markets via the Port Blair freight route.
South Andaman
South Andaman handles 4 lakh tourists annually, generating beach plastic that currently goes to landfill. A small unit aggregating, washing, and pelletising marine plastic into recycled granulate sells to mainland and export buyers paying a 'ocean plastic' premium.
