GUATEMALAN cardamom prices have shown renewed strength of late on low new crop arrivals in a market of already constrained supply. The latest upturn continues the trend seen in October when prices escalated sharply as 2008/09 crop carryover ran out in the run up to first new crop arrivals (see The Public Ledger, October 19, page 5). In the week ending December 11, European traders quoted further large gains in value in cardamom seeds, bold greens and mixed yellow qualities MYQs... Read More