GUATEMALA appears to have completely sold out of bold green cardamoms and other grades are running very tight so prices are expected to remain prone to upward pressure for the foreseeable future. Andrew Barker, managing director of PBAbrokerage, told The Public Ledger that Guatemala has run out of cardamoms of the full green colour favoured by retailers. Instead, the origin has limited quantities of light green cardamoms. "There are small lots of mixed, yellow quality (MYQ) but they look very tired and grey," Mr Barker added. The new crop will start in the second half of September and initial forecasts are pegging it to match that of 2008/09 at 18,000 tonnes. This would compare with 20,000 tonnes in 2007/08 and 24,000 tonnes in 2006/07... Read More