INDIAN cardamom prices gained 10% in the week to September 13, on good overseas and domestic demand. Spices Board say that between April and July 2009, India exported 250 tonnes of cardamom compared with 160 tonnes over the same period last year…READ MORE
INDIAN cardamom growing areas have received good rains and the crop is expected to be good in the forthcoming 2009/10 season. The new season starts on August 1 and and picking of the new crop might begin from mid-August…READ MORE
THE continuing drought in the cardamom producing centres of Idukki in Kerala and Bodinayakannur in Tamil Nadu has shattered farmers’ hopes of reaping a rich harvest. Although there were summer showers in the high ranges, most of the cardamom growing areas have been devoid of rains for the past three to four months…READ MORE
INDIAN cardamom growers have warned that the continuous dry spell and winds in the growing areas in Kerala, will adversely affect the plants if it goes on without any summer showers until the end of February. The water resources currently available for irrigation will last until February 20 and thereafter…READ MORE
INDIA is expecting bumper production of small cardamom this season as a result of favourable weather. Over the last few days Indian cardamom prices had increased by only around Rs10 (20c ) per kg compared with gains of Rs15 to Rs25 a kg in the week to January 2…READ MORE
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