GUATEMALAN cardamom exports showed a substantial decline over the first six months of this year due to lower output, although there has been some marginal recovery in volumes to key markets from the slump seen in the first quarter of 2010. The country shipped a total of 10,081 tonnes to global destinations between January and June this year, which was 22.3% down from the 12,981 tonnes exported in the same period of 2009. Sales to leading destination Saudi Arabia were 13.5% lower at 3,013 tonnes. However, in the first three months of this year, exports to this key destination were running 33.8% behind... Read More