Spice Trade

2025 Hazelnut crop: A harvest disaster

2025 Hazelnut crop: A harvest disaster

Turkey has long been the world’s top hazelnut grower. This year’s crop, however, fell flat. Late April frosts hit the Black Sea orchards hard. Many trees did not bloom. Growers...

2025 Hazelnut crop: A harvest disaster

Turkey has long been the world’s top hazelnut grower. This year’s crop, however, fell flat. Late April frosts hit the Black Sea orchards hard. Many trees did not bloom. Growers...

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Serious levels of ETO found in Spices in Hong Kong - what's going on with Indian brands Everest and MDH?

Serious levels of ETO found in Spices in Hong K...

For some background information: Hong Kong customs currently doesn’t have ETO-related documentation requirements to import spices. ETO is understood to be a cancer causing chemical. And ETO is not only prevalent...

Serious levels of ETO found in Spices in Hong K...

For some background information: Hong Kong customs currently doesn’t have ETO-related documentation requirements to import spices. ETO is understood to be a cancer causing chemical. And ETO is not only prevalent...

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Market Update: Jan 2022

Grains and superseeds such as Chia, Flaxseed, Sesame Seeds have all been hiking up for the last two months, nearly all producers are all having their own unique problems ranging...

Market Update: Jan 2022

Grains and superseeds such as Chia, Flaxseed, Sesame Seeds have all been hiking up for the last two months, nearly all producers are all having their own unique problems ranging...

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Market update: Chipotle and Vanilla

Chipotle Chilli pricing has started shooting up and supplies are short all throughout the world - producing regions in Latin America have all been suffering tremendously under covid, and lockdowns sporadically...

Market update: Chipotle and Vanilla

Chipotle Chilli pricing has started shooting up and supplies are short all throughout the world - producing regions in Latin America have all been suffering tremendously under covid, and lockdowns sporadically...

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COVID Market update: agar agar and cardamom

COVID-19 repercussions are now finally starting to stabilize: all of our supplier's are back to normal production, most lockdowns in the world are now over / planned... the only problem...

COVID Market update: agar agar and cardamom

COVID-19 repercussions are now finally starting to stabilize: all of our supplier's are back to normal production, most lockdowns in the world are now over / planned... the only problem...

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Covid market update: Ceylon Cinnamon, Paprika, ...

COVID-19 effects have started to wane - with the world starting to get vaccinated, and most governments easing up lockdown restrictions, work has started to resume in our industry.  ...

Covid market update: Ceylon Cinnamon, Paprika, ...

COVID-19 effects have started to wane - with the world starting to get vaccinated, and most governments easing up lockdown restrictions, work has started to resume in our industry.  ...

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