The council is also supposed to deal with any disputes on exports or imports arising on account of quality standards, breach of contractual obligations, etc.

An examination of the records show that Kilikollur, a suburb of Kollam city, had the most cashew processing factories.

[8] United States of America (USA) is the biggest importer of cashew kernel from India (47,611 tonnes during 2011-12 for a cost of Rs.1,470.47 crore).

United Arab Emirates (UAE) stood second in kernel import (14,173 tonnes during 2011-12 for a cost of Rs.606.11 crore).

Other major importers were Netherlands, Japan, Saudi, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Singapore, Italy, Greece, Australia, Kuwait, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Canada, Thailand, Russia, Norway, Syria, and Hong Kong.