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North and Middle Andaman
A village woodworking co-op that kiln-dries legally cleared padauk and gurjan offcuts into furniture, lamps and decor for Havelock and Port Blair resorts plus online buyers — value-add per cubic foot is several times the raw-log price the district exports today.
Nicobar
Nicobar grows lakhs of coconut palms but most fruit ships out as raw nut at low margins. A small mechanised copra and cold-pressed virgin coconut oil unit captures the value-add on-island and reaches mainland D2C wellness buyers via the Port Blair freight route.
South Andaman
A small recycling line that aggregates beach and tourism plastic across South Andaman, washes and pelletises it into recycled granulate, and sells first to mainland recyclers and later to recycled-content brands paying an ocean-plastic premium.
