A MASSIVE surge in sales this March, with heavy demand from East Asian countries, helped push Indian spice exports for fiscal 2009/10 beyond the 0.5m tonne mark for the first time. A total of 502,750 tonnes of spices valued at Rs55.61bn ($1.21bn) were exported, improving upon the 2008/09 performance by 7% in volume and 5% […]
A MASSIVE surge in sales this March, with heavy demand from East Asian countries, helped push Indian spice exports for fiscal 2009/10 beyond the 0.5m tonne mark for the first time. A total of 502,750 tonnes of spices valued at Rs55.61bn ($1.21bn) were exported, improving upon the 2008/09 performance by 7% in volume and 5% […]
GUATEMALAN cardamom exports fell sharply in the first three months of this year as tight stocks reduced the volumes available to sell overseas. The country shipped a total of 5,547 tonnes of cardamom to global destinations between January and March this year, which was 33.8% down from the 8,383 tonnes exported in the same period […]
THE price of cardamom oil has shot through the roof since late last year as availability becomes increasingly short, raising the risk of dubious quality packages making their way onto the market. Prices of the spice oil have leapt in recent weeks to around $485 per kg on a spot basis from Guatemala. This is […]
THE price of cardamom oil has shot through the roof since late last year as availability becomes increasingly short, raising the risk of dubious quality packages making their way onto the market. Prices of the spice oil have leapt in recent weeks to around $485 per kg on a spot basis from Guatemala. This is […]
India was too reliant on chilli to maintain a decent export performance in spices for 2009/10. So which areas might the country turn to for success this campaign? It is a sobering thought that India’s marginally better spice exports (at lower average prices) in 2009/10 would have been substantially worse on both fronts had it […]
GUATEMALAN cardamom prices have advanced strongly in recent weeks as the market reaches the tail end of availability from the 2009/10 crop, which was a small one anyway. In the week ending May 28, European traders quoted Guatemalan bold green cardamom of around 8mm size as rallying to $28,000 a tonne cif main European ports […]
CONCERNS over the flow of cardamom supplies out of Guatemala have heightened over the last few days after Tropical Storm Agatha lashed into the South American country on May 29, bringing severe flooding and landslides and resulting in at least 152 deaths. Agatha followed the eruption on May 27 of the Papaya volcano, which blanketed […]
GUATEMALAN cardamom prices have advanced strongly in recent weeks as the market reaches the tail end of availability from the 2009/10 crop, which was a small one anyway. In the week ending May 28, European traders quoted Guatemalan bold green cardamom of around 8mm size as rallying to $28,000 a tonne cif main European ports […]