INDIA has recorded a 31% value rise in spice exports over the first nine months of the 2006/07 fiscal year due to generally higher prices. Exports of large cardamom were only 100 tonnes short of the aim at 900 tonnes and were worth Rs101.6m against 657 tonnes worth Rs65.6m before…READ MORE
VOLUMES of cardamom traded through Indian auctions have hit a record level in the current season due to a bumper harvest. As a result, sales of cardamom through the country’s two main auctions in Kerala and Bodinayakannur hit a record 5,469 tonnes between August 1 and January 11, compared with 3,014 tonnes over the same […]
INDIA’S Spices Board is to implement a Rs1m ($21,500) scheme for setting up large cardamom processing and packing units in north eastern states and Sikkim. It plans to establish 20 units during the current tenth five-year plan period, which ends in 2006/07…READ MORE