Cumin seed exports from India, the largest producer and exporter, rose 8% to 28,000 tonnes in 2007/08, last month Indian cumin seed futures extended gains on May 30 for the second straight session on rising export demand…READ MORE
The price for Indian cumin seeds grade one, machine cleaned, 99% pure was $2,850 a tonne fob Indian ports and the price for seeds, sortex cleaned, 99.5% pure was $2,975 a tonne fob Indian ports. India’s cumin crop was probably big enough to meet the shortfall being estimated at 140,000 tonnes…READ MORE
INDIA’s cumin harvest has now been completed and industry insiders have reported it to be of a good size. The volume has been put at around 200,000 tonnes by some sources. India has an estimated 20,000 tonnes of 2007 crop carryover…READ MORE
INDIA’S cumin seed production in 2008 is likely to exceed the earlier estimate by 39% to about 2.5m bags due to favourable weather and increased area under cultivation. The total output was earlier projected to rise to about 1.8m bags each bag carries 70kg from about 1.5m bags last year…READ MORE
Mumbai believes that the Indian cumin seed market is facing a number of potentially bullish as well as bearish factors over the coming weeks, and it remains to be seen how events will unfold. Domestic consumption is expected to increase to 165,000 tonnes in 2007/08 against 145,000 tonnes in 2006/07…READ MORE
INDIAN cumin seed prices have shown some downward movements over recent weeks, which has been attributed to a spate of selling ahead of an anticipated decent sized 2008 crop. First arrivals of Indian new crop cumin seed should start to filter through this month and trade estimates have pegged output at around 95,000 tonnes compared […]
THE global cumin seed market remains bullish, according to traders in the spice, who confirmed that prices had not eased in recent weeks. India is around $3,000 a tonne c&f. The reason for the uncertainty surrounding the Indian crop this year is centred on the fact that cumin is now competing with many cash and […]
INDIAN cumin seed prices have risen quite strongly of late due to considerable export interest and festival demand at domestic level. It is clear that the settling of the cumin quality related issued on the Indian…READ MORE
Cumin seed exports for April to June 2007 reached 4,000 tonnes, compared with 8,050 tonnes during the first three months of the last financial year. It has set a lower target of 25,000 tonnes, versus exports of 26,000 tonnes last year. India was likely to face short supply of at least 100,000 bags of 55kg […]
INDIAN cumin seed exporters are benefiting from increased overseas demand. Indian 99% pure, best grade cumin seed at $2,900 a tonne fob Indian ports and 99% pure, fair average quality grade at $2,850 a tonne fob. In spite of such large rush of demand, prices were holding, leading the firm to describe it as a […]