INDIA’S new crop arrivals of green cardamom have suffered additional delays due to lack of rains. A delay of about one month in this year’s new crop arrivals implied that the carryover stocks from last year’s crop would be sold and consumed before the new crop was under way…READ MORE
INDIAN spice exporters hope that they can overcome weak demand in the US, Europe and other origins to repeat the past fiscal year’s volume exports but know it will not be possible to match 2011/12’s record income of over $2bn. Indian spices were shipped to 143 countries in 2011/12 compared with 137 a year earlier…READ […]
INDIA’S forthcoming crop of green cardamom is likely to be further delayed due to lack of rains, putting an additional squeeze on existing tight supplies. India’s new crop was expected to be further delayed by more than 15 to 20 days…READ MORE
India was largely absent as a seller in December as harvesting was disrupted by blockades and violent protests over the Mullaperiyar dam issue. This stopped movement of cardamom from the growing areas in Kerala’s Idukki district to the main trading centre, Bodinayakannur in Tamil Nadu…READ MORE