INDIAN spice traders are expecting declines in prices of the country’s cardamom in the coming weeks as farmers release stocks on fears of an extended harvest season. A report in The Financial Express said that following a slow down in February, arrivals had increased at the auction centres as farmers released more cardamom into the […]
SPICE traders believe that Japan’s earthquake might slow down deliveries to the country but that things should return to normal relatively quickly. For the past two years, Japan has imported just over 100,000 tonnes of various spices, having dropped from a steady 120,000 tonnes or so in preceding years as ginger deliveries slid. Ginger (in […]
INDIAN spice exports during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year were up by 5% in volume and 18% in rupee value terms largely due to higher overseas sales of chilli, garlic, ginger and oleoresins. In contrast with the success seen in these items, exports of pepper, cardamom, turmeric and mint products are […]