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Malaysia) and Africa have the potential to increase. Vermicompost production has a very messy

structure. Most vermicompost producers are located in India and Southeast Asia. India's share
in the global vermicompost production value is 9.5%. The share of the New Zealand company

MyNOKE, which is the leading manufacturer in the world, in the world market was 8.8% in
2015. With the expansion of the vermicompost market, the company's sales, which were 30

million dollars in 2014, reached 38 million dollars in 2018, with an increase of 24.89%.

The world's leading companies in worm castings production;

➢ MyNOKE; (New Zealand) produces 150,000 tons of vermicompost with 1.2 billion

worms
➢ Nutri Soil; (Australia) produces liquid worm compost

➢ Davo's Worm Farms (Australia)
➢ Worm Power; (USA) It produces organic liquid worm compost. Their products are

CDFA certified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Organic Program

➢ Kahariam Farms (Philippines)
➢ Sri Gayathri Biotec (India)

➢ Dirt Dynasty (USA)
➢ AgriLife (India)

➢ Suman VermiCompost (India)

HS (The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding Systems) code 31.01: “animal or

vegetable fertilizers (whether or not mixed together or chemically treated); World imports of

"fertilizers obtained from chemical treatment or mixing of fertilizers of plant or animal origin"
amounted to $920 million in 2020. The USA, France, the Netherlands, Vietnam and Spain are

at the top of the list in world imports. The shares of these countries in imports are 9.6%, 8.7%,

7%, 5.1% and 4.9%, respectively. World animal or herbal fertilizer exports amounted to 928
million dollars in 2020. The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain and France rank first in world

exports. The shares of these countries in exports are 20.8%, 15.6%, 14.7%, 5.6% and 4.7%,
respectively. Turkiye is the 19th largest exporter of animal or herbal fertilizers in the world,

with exports of approximately 8 million dollars in 2020.

A key to the success of a vermicomposting operation is a marketing or distribution program for

compost products. To develop long-term markets, the products must be of consistently high
quality. Other essential marketing factors include planning, knowledge about end-users,

following basic marketing principles, and overcoming possible regulatory barriers and product

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