INDIAN growers expect the country’s cardamom crop this year to be down by a quarter from last year’s level, which would be a heavy blow to the already struggling sector. India’s cardamom output for the April to March 2005/06 crop year is estimated at between 13,000 and 17,000 tonnes but if the growers…READ MORE
SMALL variety cardamom output in India is likely to fall by a quarter in 2006-07 (April-March) from the previous year due to unfavourable weather. Erratic rains in June then strong winds in major producing areas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the main reasons for lower output…READ MORE
INDIA’S cardamom crop has suffered due to a lull in the monsoon showers between June 5 and 20. While there had been good monsoon showers during the end of May, the crop has been hit badly by a shortage of rain in the first two weeks of June, which is the ripening period for cardamom…READ […]
Indian production of cardamom has increased significantly in recent years as a replantation programme has increased yields from around 75 kg a hectare to 230 kg a hectare. INDIAN producers of cardamom are being hurt by smuggling of…READ MORE
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. This encouraged the authorities to set up an electronic trading system for cardamom, which is […]
CARDAMOM is facing one of its worst periods of the last decade, with prices plummeting to rockbottom levels due to rising yields and higher production in the world’s top producing nations. Cardamom is grown in the western mountain regions of Kerala which accounts for around 70% of India’s total output of the spice, Karnataka which […]
INDIA’S Spices Board has offered to test cardamom for pesticide residue free of charge for the next three years. Farmers have been advised to submit samples either directly or through the field offices of the Spices Board in various locations…READ MORE
INCREASED availability caused cardamom prices in the Indian market to drop in the opening week of 2006 despite interest from a number of foreign buyers. Arrivals up to January 3 stood at 5,424 tonnes, compared with 3,119 tonnes for the same period last season…READ MORE
INDIA’S Spices Board will conduct a Rs6m ($134,000) study of the West Asian cardamom market in a bid to boost exports of the spice as well as value-added and branded cardamom products…READ MORE
Increased availability following a bumper Indian crop this year has put pressure on cardamom prices in the country. The average price has dropped to around Rs230 a kg, compared wth around Rs300 a kg last year. From 476.25 tonnes in 1998/99, Indian cardamom exports rocketed to 676 tonnes in 1999/00…READ MORE