THE world cumin market is currently very quiet, with most buyers well covered The market hasn’t done much for a while. It’s difficult to know what’s left. It has been very quiet for the last couple of months generally people are well covered. India is a massive producer of cumin seed, producing 150,000 to 200,000 […]
LOW domestic and international demand should keep Indian cumin seed prices stagnant until arrivals of fresh crop start in February and March next year. India produces around 1.2m to 1.3m tonnes of cumin seed a year, with most of this consumed domestically…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. India exported 18,500 tonnes of cumin valued at Rs1.368bn against 5,223 tonnes in the same period the year before valued at Rs4.032bn, a 254% increase […]
INDIAN Spices Board officials are confident that the sector as a whole will achieve even higher sales over the coming months than those seen so far in the current financial year. India’s cumin shipments surged to 16,500 tonnes, which was a 278% rise over the previous year’s 4,364 tonnes. The value earned was Rs1.2bn – […]
CUMIN seed prices have been steady recently, but the expectation is still that the general trend will be upward in coming months. Cumin seed prices were unchanged from the previous week with Indian cumin seed at $2,100 a tonne, the same as the…READ MORE
GLOBAL cumin seed prices have been subjected to sharp increases over the last few weeks due to ongoing speculation and expected lower availability this year. Indian cumin seed at $2,000 a tonne cif compared with $1,900 a tonne a fortnight earlier…READ MORE
The world supplies of cumin outside India are considerably less than last year. However, to counterbalance that India has the biggest crop ever at 110,000 tonnes with a 15,000 to 20,000-tonne carryover. This combination of supply factors has made for a very confusing trading environment…READ MORE
TIGHT world supplies of cumin seed are causing importers to look to new origins to secure supplies. India’s cumin seed exports in the first two months of the 2006/07 season increased to 5,650 tonnes, valued at Rs362m ($7.71m) from 1,351 tonnes, worth Rs109m in the same period of 2005/06. However, the unit value fell to […]
INDIAN cumin seed prices have eased over the last few weeks due to a general lack of demand. Indian cumin seed prices at $1,800 a tonne cif compared with $2,000 a tonne a week earlier. Indian cumin seed prices had escalated by 15% in the space of two weeks. This was attributed to strong buying…READ […]
Due to good climatic conditions, the 2005/06 sowing of cumin seeds was nearly one-and-a-half times more than in the previous year. The state of Gujarat has estimated its cumin production at 154,000 tonnes, while Rajasthan, is likely to produce around 100,000 tonnes…READ MORE