Indian cardamom output expected to climb

INDIAN cardamom production has been projected to increase by between 15% and 20% in the current fiscal year and may breach the 12,000-tonne mark, compared with between 9,000 and 9,500 tonnes produced in 2004/05, according to latest estimates published by the country’s Spices Board. Indian sources said that estimates for 2005/06 production were around 11,000 […]

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India looks set to approve cardamom subsidy

INDIA’S Commerce Ministry is likely to approve the export subsidy proposal for cardamom within the next few weeks in order to increase exports and halt the fall in domestic prices of the commodity. According to a report in the Indian newspaper The Hindu, the subsidy would cover costs such as local transport, processing and export […]

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