We are the only association of industrialists engaged in the business of manufacture and export of coconut- based substrates. We are product has more than 100 entities in our membership covering small, medium, and large scale players in terms of production and export volumes. The membership is equally open for limited liability companies, partnerships, and proprietorships. As the substrates industry burgeoned and flourished, it became clear of the need of a collective voice to represent the industrialists. The popping up industry-specific challenges made the formation of an association of industrialists imperative. As the culmination of all these needs of the moment, the formal association was formed in 2012 with the name of “EXPORTER ASSOCIATION OF COCONUT BASED SUBSTRATES” with six founder members as director of it. Since then the association has been growing in strength in terms of membership and its recognition by the coconut industry and relevant government as the professional body, which duly and legally represents the coconut-substrates industry. The association has actively represented interests of coconut-based industry in particular and coconut industry in general in various forums where the intervention of industrialized was decisive in finding timely solutions the industry is facing. One of our major achievement is act as the catalyst in 2019 in getting all stakeholders in the coconut industry into a common forum to initiate