CARDAMOM prices in India have declined to between Rs430 ($8.50) and Rs450 per kg during the past couple of weeks due to a steady stream of arrivals at the auction centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Kerala’s Idukki district, which has a heavy concentration of cardamom plantations, has been receiving good rains at night over […]
INDIA’S exports of cardamom small increased during the first six months of the current fiscal year despite a substantial increase in prices. Similarly, the domestic dealers have also been actively buying so far during the current season which began from late June because of extended summer rains…READ MORE
India’s cardamom industry is set for continued expansion, although a number of trade sources still dispute any suggestion that the Asian country will ever feature prominently as a global exporter of the spice. The country’s cardamom industry has grown significantly over the last 15 years from earlier output volumes of only 3,500 tonnes to peaks […]
CARDAMOM plantations in Kerala, India have returned to business after an indefinite strike by workers was called off. Cardamom currently fetched a price of Rs600 per kg, it is hit by a wide set of price and product…READ MORE
INDIA’S Spices Board will provide financial support for replantation of cardamom in the three cardamom growing states of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Cardamom growers owning up to four hectares in Kerala and Tamil Nadu will qualify for a financial package of Rs17,780 ($414.50)…READ MORE
FAVOURABLE weather in the cardamom producing regions of the southern Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu is likely to see cardamom production for fiscal 2008/09 touch the 13,000-tonne mark. All major production centres in Idukki district were severely affected due to a prolonged dry spell in 2007…READ MORE
INDIAN cardamom prices rose about 10% over the last month due to falling arrivals, rising export demand and a weak rupee. Arrivals are almost nil at this time as the harvesting season has already ended in March. India’s cardamom harvest starts in August and continues until March…READ MORE
INDIAN cardamom production is likely to double within four years to touch 24,000 tonne. The total area to be replanted is 28,000 hectares, of which 10,000 hectares is in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and 18,000 hectares in Karnataka. About 15,000 hectares will be rejuvenated in Kerala and Tamil Nadu…READ MORE
INDIA has set an all-time record in spices exports in 2007/08 by exceeding the $1bn mark in value. Small cardamom, the export value rose by 11% despite a decrease of 23% in volumes due to higher prices…READ MORE
THE introduction of an e-auction for cardamom by the Spices Board of India, at Vandanmedu, and Bodinayakkanur in Tamil Nadu, has ensured accountability and transparency in trading. The e-auction was started at Bodinayakkanur with 30 computers in August before it was launched at Vandanmedu in December with 60 computers…READ MORE