This unit has been established with the grant support of Rs.30.00 lakhs from the Department of Agricultural Marketing and AgriBusiness, Govt of TN under the World Bank project (TN Irrigate Agriculture Modernization Project) for the purchase of plant and machineries. The total project cost was Rs.85 lakhs which includes Rs.42.00 lakhs for the cost of machineries. Besides the copra trading, value-added products like Desiccated Coconut powder, Virgin coconut oil, Coconut Testa Oil, Vinegar and Low fat DC are the products envisaged for production and marketing. The per day capacity of the unit is 2500 nuts. The nuts are being sourced from NPOP-certified Organic Coconut Plantations. GMP certification is under process. This unit will impart training to the FPOs which are interested in establishing similar units.