East Asian demand helps India reach new peak in spice sales

June 28, 2010 By:

A total of 502,750 tonnes of spices valued at Rs55.61bn ($1.21bn) were exported, improving upon the 2008/09 performance by 7% in volume and 5% in terms of value. India’s overseas sales of small cardamom was at an all-time high in 2009/10 in terms of value at Rs1.66bn from 1,975 tonnes, compared with the Rs473m generated […]

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Variety to be the spice of life for India

June 14, 2010 By:

For cardamom, total exports in 2009/10 stood at 1,909 tonnes valued at Rs1.54bn, against 655 tonnes worth Rs414m last year. Indian Spices Board say that during February and March this year, 495 tonnes of cardamom were exported at an average fob unit value of Rs970 per kg, compared with 121 tonnes with a value of […]

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