INDIA recorded an 18% boost in its spice exports in value terms this January compared with the same month last year. In January 2010 around 34,436 tonnes of spices valued at Rs4.3bn ($93.57m) was exported against 30,870 tonnes valued at Rs3.65bn in January 2009, the Spices Board said. Exports of cardamom, chilli, garlic, nutmeg and mace, curry powder and spice oils and oleoresins rose substantially in January 2010. However, exports of major volume items such as pepper, cumin and mint products continued to remain down due to the economic slowdown in the developed markets... Read More