Editing Ginger (section)

== Transportation and export of ginger ==
Ginger is sent through various stages to be transported to its final destination either domestically or internationally. The journey begins when farmers sell a portion of their produce to village traders who collect produce right at the farm gate.<ref name=":3" /> Once the produce is collected, it is transported to the closest assembly market where it is then taken to main regional or district level marketing centres.<ref name=":3" /> Farmers with a large yield of produce will directly take their produce to local or regional markets. Once the produce has "reached [the] regional level markets, they are cleaned, graded, and packed in sacks of about 60&nbsp;kg".<ref name=":3" /> They are then moved to terminal markets such as in New Delhi, Kochi, and Bombay.<ref name=":3" />

States from which ginger is exported follow the marketing channels of vegetable marketing in India, and the steps are similar to those when transported domestically. However, instead of reaching a terminal market after the regional forwarding centres, the produce will reach an export market and then be sent off by vehicle, plane or boat to reach its final international destination, where it will arrive at a local retail market and finally reach the consumer once purchased.<ref name=":3" />

Dry ginger is most popularly traded between Asian countries through a unique distribution system involving a network of small retail outlets.<ref name=":3" /> Fresh and preserved ginger are often sold directly to supermarket chains, and in some countries fresh ginger is seen exclusively in small shops unique to certain ethnic communities.<ref name=":3" /> India frequently exports its ginger and other vegetable produce to nearby Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as "Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, the United States, Yemen Republic, the United Kingdom, and Netherlands".<ref name=":3" />

Though India is the largest ginger producer in the world, it fails to play the role of a large exporter and only accounts for about 1.17% of total ginger exports.<ref name=":3" /> Ginger farming in India is a costly and risky business, as farmers do not gain much money from exports and "more than 65% of the total cost incurred is toward labor and seed material purchase".<ref name=":3" /> The farm owner may benefit given that there is no losses in production or price decreases, which is not easily avoidable.<ref name=":3" /> Production of dry ginger proves to have a higher benefit-cost ratio, as well as ginger cultivated in intercropping systems rather than as a pure crop.<ref name=":3" />