INDIA has recorded a 31% value rise in spice exports over the first nine months of the 2006/07 fiscal year due to generally higher prices. According to figures from the Spices Board India has already achieved 93% of the target fixed for the whole year. Total spice exports over the period were 250,000 tonnes, worth Rs23.35bn ($528.19m) compared with 250,000 tonnes worth Rs17.8bn during the same period last year. The quantity target fixed for the complete fiscal is 306,000 tonnes and the value goal is Rs25bn... Read More