INDIAN spice traders have seen major increases in the country’s cardamom prices due to an uptake in demand which has emerged following reports that Guatemala is facing a much smaller crop in 2006/07. As reported in The Public Ledger earlier this month, trade estimates have pegged Guatemala’s latest crop in the region of 21,000 tonnes […]
INDIA earned more from its spice exports in the first nine months of this financial year (April to December) than it did in the full previous financial year, new figures show. Spice exports from the first three quarters of this year earned India Rs23.35bn ($512.23bn), which is up from Rs17.81bn in the same period the […]
INDIA’S Spices Board is proposing to set up a series of spice parks containing facilities which will benefit growers and processors. The parks, which are to be set up in the heart of spice-growing areas, will have warehousing facilities, including cold storage, and quality control laboratories that will help Indian spices meet international trading standards… […]
GUATEMALAN cardamom prices look likely to face increases over the coming weeks due to an expected fall in output. According to the latest trade estimates, Guatemala’s 2006/07 cardamom crop, harvesting of which is expected to finish in March, will total around 21,000 tonnes compared with 25,000 tonnes in 2005/06 and 32,000 tonnes in 2004/05… Read […]