INDIA is gradually becoming a net importer of ginger due to a sharp drop in its domestic output. Indian fresh ginger prices have doubled in the last few months due to the plummeting production and increasing domestic demand…READ MORE
The Wayanad district of Kerala, which used to be the main production and trading centre of ginger in India is now confined to the latter role only, traders have claimed. Growers have found the Hassan and Shimoga areas of Karanataka to be suitable for growing ginger, and around 25,000 acres have been brought under the […]
Indian ginger exports, as a percentage of its production, have also been decreasing steadily over the years, from a peak of 14,515 tonnes – 19.2% of total production – in 1978/79. Today, exports are barely 5% of production. The supply of ginger too has dropped from a recent high in 2004/05 after farmers suffered due […]
INDIAN spice exports between April and November 2008 registered a 6% growth in volume and 15% in value over those of the same period of 2007. The country’s total spice shipments have been estimated at 310,830 tonnes valued around Rs34.50bn ($786.25m) against 294,335 tonnes, valued at Rs 3.01bn…READ MORE
GINGER prices in India have started easing, with arrivals picking up across the nation and festival demand for the commodity easing a bit. Fresh ginger currently retails at Rs2,100 ($42) to Rs2,200 a quintal in the terminal market of Kochi and Rs1,600 to Rs1,800 a quintal at the farmgate…READ MORE
The official pointed out that dried ginger accounts for 55% of India’s total sales of ginger. The prices of dried ginger went up to Rs69.38 ($1.61) per kg compared with Rs28.93 per kg last year due to a rise in processing prices as well as higher per unit value of the fresh ginger owing to […]
India’s total imports of ginger, including dried ginger, were at around 12,000 tonnes in the 2007/08 period, down from 13,000 tonnes previously. Dried ginger with an import duty of 30% might flow in with the domestic prices ruling around Rs45 to Rs60 a kg, sharply higher than the import price at Rs30 a kg…READ MORE
INDIAN ginger prices are expected to increase in the coming months due to high demand and reduced supply. Indian ginger exporter, said that demand from north India is expected to increase in coming months, peaking during the festival season. India’s main festival, Diwali, begins on November 9 this year…READ MORE
Production of ginger is likely to come down due to farmers finding it unprofitable. For example, the cropping area in the Hasan district of Karnataka has already fallen by 30% to 40%. The supply of ginger has dropped to lower levels from the peak of 2003 to 2005 after farmers suffered from the sharp fall […]
THE value of India’s spices exports grew by a healthy 36% during the recently completed 2006/07 season. Ginger exports stood at 7,500 tonnes in 2006/07 and the value realised was Rs397.5m…READ MORE