India achieves slight increase in spice shipments

April to December shipments stood at 334,150 tonnes, compared with 325,320 tonnes in the opening three quarters of the 2007/08 campaign. Turmeric exports were up by nearly 10% to 40,000 tonnes, while coriander sales were up 2% to 19,600 tonnes…READ MORE

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Marginal increase in Indian spice exports

INDIA’S spice exports in the first nine months of the 2008/09 fiscal year were marginally higher than the corresponding period of the previous season due to steady demand, but overseas sales are expected to slow in the final quarter due to the global economic slowdown. Turmeric exports were up by nearly 10% to 40,000 tonnes, […]

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Indian turmeric shipments belie surge in price

INDIA lifted its exports of turmeric during the first eight months of the current fiscal year despite a substantial increase in the price of the spice. Shipments of turmeric between April and November 2008 reached 36,500 tonnes against 33,390 tonnes valued at Rs1bn ($20.13m) in the same period a year-ago. The target set for turmeric […]

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