Alappuzha - Trade and commerce

Alappuzha Trade and Commerce

From time immemorial, Alappuzha is known as an important trading and commercial centre. Arabs had carried on trade on coir products and pepper, from very ancient times, coir yarn and fibre are the chief commodities exported from this district. alappuzha is also an important exporting centre of coconut oil, arecanut, cardamom, sugar, pepper,etc.
The commodities handled from Alappuzha market are oil cake, palmgur, tapioca, etc. Trade is generally carried through inland waterways and by road.Rail movement of goods is done mainly through Chengannur, Mavelikkara and Kayamkulam railway stations and the stations of the Ernakulam - Alleppey railway line. There are several public markets all over the district of which the market at Kayamkulam is important.

The Travancore Chamber of Commerce was established in 1929 at Alappuzha for the promotion and protection of trade, commerce, agriculture and industry. There are several registered associations of manufacturers and merchants in Alappuzha. There are many commercial banks and co-operative societies for financing the traders and industrialists . Alappuzha is an important wholesale and retail trading centre of rice, copra , cocunut oil, pepper, ginger, arecanut, etc.