Das, P.K.2014-08-132014-08-131984Oleagineaux 1984 v-40 i-2 p-85-93http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4803A review of the trends in coconut oil production and trade against the background of the trends in the world coconut area and production has been made for the period 1966 lo 1980. The annual compound growth rates of area, production and yield rate for this period are estimated at 3.58 p. 100, 2.14 p. 100 and (—) 0.96 p. 100, respectively. Coconut palms occupied an area of about 8.26 million ha and produced nearly 35 million t of nuts, per year with an average productivity of 4.5 t per ha during 1976-80. The growth rates in respect of copra and coconut oil productions come near 2.4 p. 100 in both the cases, while the same for the exports of copra and coconut oil in terms of oil works out as 2.1 p. 100 ever a period of one and half decades ending 1980. During 1976-80 the average volumes of copra and coconul productions stood at 4.64 million t and 2.84 million t and their exports in oil equivalent averaged around 1.67 million t/year. The USA, West Germany, Netherlands, France and Japan are the major importers of coconut oil. While the failure on the part of the farmers as well as development agencies to replant superior materials in place of senile, diseased and unproductive palms is the main reason for (he declining trend in coconut productivity ; rapid growths in the production of soya oil and palm oil and their availability at competitive prices are the main causes for (he decline in the pre-eminent trade position of coconut oil in the world.enArticle