CARDAMOM prices continued their downward trend last week on weak buying support at auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The individual grades average prices fell by over Rs50 ($1.2358) a kg during last week from that of the previous week…READ MORE
TRADERS and analysts in India have forecast that the country’s cardamom prices are likely to decline about 10% by the middle of March because earlier sharp increases in price have had a dampening effect on both domestic and export demand…READ MORE
INDIAN cardamom prices are likely to decline about 10% by the middle of March as both domestic and export demand retreated in the face of a sharp spike in prices in the last few months. Cardamom prices rose by 40% in the last four months to Rs700 per kg on a decline in production on […]
CARDAMOM growers in Idukki, India, have been encouraged by the higher prices seen in the current season to take up replanting in those estates where the plants were destroyed by drought last year. Replanting has taken place in around 1,000 hectares and more areas would be replanted in the coming years…READ MORE
India having a much smaller than normal cardamom crop are expected to exert further upward pressure on prices. Harvesting of the cardamom crop spans the period from October to the end of March/April so it is still a long time until a clear picture of the actual output will emerge…READ MORE