GUATEMALAN cardamom farmers are releasing new crop material to the market very slowly, which has given the misleading impression that global output might be low this year when latest indications suggest there should be reasonable level of overall availability. Indian media reports have remarked on the anomaly that Indian cardamom prices have been plummeting in the local auctions despite a shortage looming in the international market. The reports cited estimates that Guatemala's latest crop would amount to around 20,000 tonnes compared with a usual volume of 27,000 to 30,000 tonnes... Read More