Indian spice exports rise by 16 percent over April to February period

March 27, 2008 By:

INDIAN Spice exports between April 2007 and February 2008 rose by 16% to 377,000 tonnes from 325,076 tonnes in the same period of the previous financial year. Exports earnings also jumped 19% Rs37.85bn ($940.47m) against Rs31.77bn in the same period of 2006/07. According to the latest estimates of the Spices Board, export earnings exceeded the […]

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Indian cardamom prices continue to retreat

March 12, 2008 By:

CARDAMOM prices continued their downward trend last week on weak buying support at auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The individual grades average prices fell by over Rs50 ($1.2358) a kg during last week from that of the previous week. The reasons attributed to the gradual decline included no sales in the upcountry markets, […]

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