THE current year will witness new additions in processing capacities, quality evaluation facilities and enhancements in value addition for the Indian Spices Board, its chairman V J Kurien said. Mr Kurien told reporters that the board’s new venture, Spice Parks for processing, was coming up in Idukki district in Kerala and in Guntur district in […]
INDIA’S pepper output in 2010 is expected to be only marginally higher than that of last year, but prices are unlikely to fall sharply in the coming months due to low carryover stocks, according to a Reuters poll of eight traders, exporters and analysts. Production in 2010 is seen at 53,000 tonnes, from 50,000 tonnes […]
INDIAN spice dealers have already forecast higher prices for a number of key spices in 2011 due to strong demand and, in certain instances, adverse weather as well. Normal to marginally lower production has been predicted for pepper. After hovering around Rs140 ($3.07) per kg, prices shot above Rs200 per kg towards the end of […]
INDIA’S pepper output in 2010 is expected to be only marginally higher than that of last year, but prices are unlikely to fall sharply in the coming months due to low carryover stocks, according to a Reuters poll of eight traders, exporters and analysts. Production in 2010 is seen at 53,000 tonnes, from 50,000 tonnes […]