Srikakulam grows cashew at scale in the Etcherla-Tekkali belt but ships raw nuts to processors in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, exporting the entire shelling-and-grading margin. An in-district kernel processing and packing unit keeps that value and sells graded kernels to snack brands and exporters.
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This unit processes raw cashew into graded kernels: steam-cooking or roasting, shelling, peeling, grading to export wholes-and-splits standards, and packing for retail and bulk. It builds directly on the district's Cashew and jute base and captures the Cashew: raw nuts to graded kernels & roasted retail packs gap — the district grows the nut but gives away the most valuable step. Sited near the cashew belt, it cuts the freight and middleman layer that currently sends raw nuts out of state.
Honest about what it demands: shelling without breakage is a skilled, partly manual operation, and the caustic cashew-nut-shell-liquid makes worker safety and effluent handling a genuine compliance burden. Grade consistency and moisture control decide whether buyers accept lots, and meeting export specs needs proper grading discipline and food-safety certification. Cashew supply is seasonal, so storage and working capital matter. Buyers are snack and dry-fruit brands, modern-trade private labels, and kernel exporters. A Budithi brassware heritage-metalware line is a separate craft play; keep this unit squarely on cashew.
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Raw 85% · Processed 15%
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