Definitely, there’s more to this gnarled, bumpy root crop than the popular and traditional salabat health drink.
Everything good is found in ginger,” so goes a popular Indian proverb. It’s no wonder why India is the world’s top producer of ginger, reports the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Other main producers are China, Indonesia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Thailand.
According to FAO, Japan is the number one importer of ginger, with 104,379 tons in 2000 alone. Other major importing countries are United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, and France.
