Value addition key to Indian export record

May 28, 2007 By:

THE value of India’s spices exports grew by a healthy 36% during the recently completed 2006/07 season, boosted by greater efforts to become a global processing hub. During 2006/07, 650 tonnes of small cardamom valued at Rs223.6m were exported against 863 tonnes valued at Rs268.2m in 2005/06…READ MORE

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Sustained dryness makes Indian cardamom costly

May 7, 2007 By:

PRICES of cardamom in the Indian market have started firming due to predictions of a 30% drop in output during the current season following severe drought. Traders said the prolonged dry spell in Kerala’s Idukki and Wayanad districts earlier in the season has caused partial withering of the buds, and crop quality was likely to […]

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