The study conducted in Dharwad District revealed that the wages of commission agent, packing costs and transportation costs are the major components of marketing costs of Betel leaves trade . Which were found to be reasonable in the present context where as the net returns obtained by the intermediaries like whole saler and retailer were found to be illogical to the proportion of service rendered by them and this needs to be rectified so as to increase the producers share in the consumers rupee.