Slow buying helps drag cumin seed down

INTERNATIONAL cumin seed prices have been pushed sharply lower of late due to another strengthening in the US dollar, expectations of a sizeable Indian crop in February 2009 and slack overall consumption. Importers are buying Indian material this year and avoiding the other origins, particularly in view of the price competitiveness of India…READ MORE

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Spice shipments from India show marginal growth

INDIA’S total volume of spice exports in the first seven months of the 2008/09 season rose by 7% due to strong demand for cumin seed. Cumin seed exports rose by 74% in the seven month period to 26,000 tonnes due to lower output in other major producers such…READ MORE

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