INDIAN spice exports are on a roll, with most expected to exceed their annual export targets by signifcant margins. Against the 2007/08 target of 380,000 tonnes valued at Rs36bn ($910m), as much as 79% of the volume and 81% in value terms has already been achieved in eightmonths, according to advanced estimates for the period from April to November. For the first eight months of the year, exports have gone up by 50% in value terms, compared with the same period in 2006/07. India exported 299,714 tonnes of spices valued at Rs29.02bn in the most recent period, compared with 235,600 tonnes worth Rs21.92bn in the same period last year... Read More