INDIA plans to double spice exports from the current level of $500m to more than $1bn within the next five years and the commerce ministry has asked the Spices Board to prepare a blueprint on how this should be done. "India has the potential to emerge as the global hub for the reprocessing and export of spices and value-added spice products, " said commerce minister Jairam Ramesh. "Currently, almost 60% of Indian spice exports consist of processed spices... Read More