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Indiana Cracking Down on Illegal Ginseng Exports.

By Katy Murphy, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 30--Last year, ginseng dealers legally exported 3,192 pounds of the wild herb out of state, selling it for between $200 and $500 a pound.

But Indiana conservation officers say they have discovered ...uite a bit of underground activity in the age-old, million-dollar-per-year market -- a trend they fear is threatening the existence of the already rare native herb.

In the first statewide operation of its kind, undercover Indiana conservation officers sought

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