INDIAN spice exports in the first three months of the new 2009/10 season declined by 19% in volume and 12% in value on a year-on-year basis. This marks the first time since 2003 that the country’s spice shipments have slumped both in volume and value terms. The Indian Spices Board said that between April and […]
INDIAN cardamom growing areas have received good rains and the crop is expected to be good in the forthcoming 2009/10 season. The new season starts on August 1 and and picking of the new crop might begin from mid-August. Meannwhile, current crop arrivals at the auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are of inferior […]
TOTAL spice exports from India in the first two months of the new 2009/10 season fell 23% in volume terms and 10% in value on a year-on-year basis. The Indian Spice Board said in a report that between April and May 2009, a total quantity of 82,435 tonnes of spices was shipped, compared with 106,375 […]
GUATEMALA appears to have completely sold out of bold green cardamoms and other grades are running very tight so prices are expected to remain prone to upward pressure for the foreseeable future. Andrew Barker, managing director of PBAbrokerage, told The Public Ledger that Guatemala has run out of cardamoms of the full green colour favoured […]
THE Indian Spices Board has instituted a cash award for cardamom producers from this year with a view to encourage competition among farmers for an increase in productivity of the cash crop in Sikkim. The first prize carries Rs100,000 ($2,087) and a citation, while the second prize, which has been reserved for a female farmer, […]
ANDREW Barker has left Natco Foods after 10 years of service and has set up as an independent broker under the company name of PBA brokerage, covering key herbs and spices including cumin seed, cardamom, cloves and chillies. He can be contacted on tel: 01291 689452; mobile: 0780 1735697; email: andrew@pbabrokerage.com. CORN Products International has […]
THE continuing drought in the cardamom producing centres of Idukki in Kerala and Bodinayakannur in Tamil Nadu has shattered farmers’ hopes of reaping a rich harvest. Although there were summer showers in the high ranges, most of the cardamom growing areas have been devoid of rains for the past three to four months. “The drought […]
GUATEMALAN cardamom prices have continued to escalate over recent weeks as ongoing demand from the key Middle East market has exerted further pressure on this season’s much tighter availability. According to trade estimates, Guatemala’s 2008/09 crop is down to around 16,000 tonnes from normal output of 23,000 tonnes. This is said to be the result […]
GUATEMALAN cardamom prices have sustained sharp increases over the last few weeks due to a general scarcity of material on the market. On Monday, Andrew Barker of the trading division of UK company Natco Foods told The Public Ledger that mixed yellow quality (MYQ) cardamom of minimum 360 grams per litre had escalated to current […]
INDIAN cardamom growers have warned that the continuous dry spell and winds in the growing areas in Kerala, will adversely affect the plants if it goes on without any summer showers until the end of February. The water resources currently available for irrigation will last until February 20 and thereafter, “if we don’t get any […]