Indian ginger usually commands a substantial premium over that of its main rivals but last year the differential narrowed and India was able to boost its exports India’s dried ginger exports are normally negligible relative to the volumes shipped by its competitors…READ MORE
INDIAN exports of spices and spice-based products have increased 23% in value during the April to October period of the current financial year, compared with the same period last year. Ginger exports registered growth of a 76% in quantity and 22% in value, with exports exceeding 5,000 tonnes and totalling Rs240.1m…READ MORE
India looks set to boost exports this season, having benefited from a bumper crop which has driven down its dried ginger prices. This month, Cochin whole ginger was quoted at around $1,800 a tonne cif compared with $3,300 a tonne cif in May 2005…READ MORE
INDIAN dried ginger prices have eased over recent weeks due to a good flow of new crop supplies into the market. Cochin dried ginger at $2,000 a tonne cif compared with $2,500 a tonne cif a fortnight earlier. On Monday…READ MORE
INDIA has seen a setback in spice exports for the first eight months of the 2005/06 fiscal year, despite having met 87% of the export target set for the whole season. Shipments of ginger fell to 2,850 tonnes, valued at Rs230m, from 6,256 tonnes worth Rs260m in 2004/05…READ MORE
Indian dried ginger exporters have further lowered their shipment over the last few weeks in anticipation of the first arrivals of produce from the new crops which should come through by the end of this year. The domestic consumption in India is so high that the price tends to ease only if the country has […]
GINGER traders are anticipating possible further hikes in the price of dried Indian produce following recent indications that the forthcoming crop will be substantially smaller than earlier expectations due to heavy rains and water-logging…READ MORE
In most of the ginger producing states, the harvest begins in December or January, and under good condition India produces 300,000 tonnes each year. The crop loss is likely to affect ginger exports, although on average only about 8% of Indian ginger is exported. In 2004/05, ginger exports were 13,000 tonnes. However, shortages from rival […]
HEAVY rainfall and landslides in the Indian districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu have caused serious damage to the ginger crop and, as a result, prices are expected to rise in the coming season…READ MORE
GINGER traders have expressed fears that massive over-production induced by high prices could cause values to halve next season. In response to an increase in global demand and a shortage of supply, ginger prices in India have risen marginally of late…READ MORE