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Garlic (Alliums sativum)  has been used as a food, a condiment, and for medicinal purposes for over many centuries; Garlic is still used for culinary and medicinal purposes even today. Medicinal uses seem to over take culinary usage. Main products of Garlic are : Garlic Oil Capsules, Odor Controlled Dried Garlic Products, Aged Odorless & Garlic Extract


Garlic Processing Equipments: Bulk Trailer Unloading Systems, Metering Hoppers, Brush Cleaners, Dirt Removal Shakers, Inspection Conveyors, Garlic separating, unsnarling, peeling, slicing, milling machines, and auto stick machine Open Flume Sand and Rock Traps, Reel Washers, Surge Hoppers, Weigh Belts, No-Spill Incline Conveyors, Slicer Platforms, Dual-Head Slicers, Slicer Runner Handling Systems, Garlic Crackers and Recrackers, Garlic Graders, Garlic Soak Tanks

World's Largest producer of Garlic is the USA.
Kyolic,Kwai, Garlicin, Pure-Gar are the major brands of medicinal products. Producing garlic for medicinal purposes is  more complex 
China & Argentina are the next important countries in this trade for low prices of products. 
Garlic is a very labor intensive crop The culinary market includes primarily fresh garlic, both organic and non-organic, and smaller markets for dried or dehydrated garlic. There is little processing that is necessary for the culinary market. 
Garlic is imported into India as the domestic production is not sufficient. However there is high import duty to compensate the domestic producers. Tamil Nadu, particularly Chennai, is the market for imported garlic.Garlic powder plants in the country are located in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra State due to the abundant availability of Garlic in these palces

Fresh garlic is a different product than Dehydrated and seed garlic . In contrast to dehydrated garlic and seed garlic, fresh garlic is planted, cultivated, and harvested in a manner to enhance its cosmetic appeal to the retail consumer. 
Dehydrated garlic on the other hand, is planted and harvested to maximize yield, and seed garlic is planted and harvested to certify a pathogen free product. So while fresh market and seed garlic may substitute for dehydrated garlic, dehydrated market garlic cannot substitute for fresh garlic. 
In practice, fresh and seed garlic are rarely diverted into the processed market and the three sectors have developed separate production and distribution channels suited to the end use of the product