Fluctuating Cardamom

The cardamom price is fluctuting widely every month.

Following is the indian domestic market rate for AGB type of CARDAMOM.
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 YEAR    APR    MAY  JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP 

2008-09 669.00 695.00 689.00 590.00 551.00 560.00

2009-10 821.00 789.00 752.00 796.00 930.00 1156.00

2010-11 1611.67 1388.00 1028.00 1131.25 1380.00 1547.00

2004-05 340.00 316.00 285.00 291.00 300.00 343.00

2011-12 830.00 792.50 789.00 706.25 717.00 720.00

2012-13 1093.75 975.00 913.12 941.25 993.00 990.00

2005-06 245.00 241.88 227.50 225.00 221.00 217.50

2006-07 313.76 380.00 323.75 282.50 293.00 316.00

2013-14 793.00 757.50 715.00 734.00 710.00 724.00

 YEAR  OCT    NOV  DEC     JAN     FEB     MAR 

2008-09 610.00 624.00 720.00 752.00 794.00 823.00

2009-10 1168.00 1168.00 1240.00 1370.00 1840.00 1749.00

2010-11 1305.00 1246.25 1205.00 1060.00 997.50 978.00

2004-05 339.00 310.00 318.00 313.00 290.00 271.00

2011-12 860.00 1110.00 1115.00 1133.75 1072.00 1115.00

2012-13 995.00 953.00 893.75 825.00 801.00 800.00

2005-06 217.50 212.50 209.00 225.00 241.00 254.00

2006-07 345.00 358.00 388.75 388.75 389.00 427.50

2013-14 825.00  


How much cardamom is exported to various countries from india?The details are given here: 

Cardamom is called with different names in different countries.

• Botanical name :Elettaria cardamomum
• Family Name :  Zingiberaceae
• Hindi : Chhoti elaichi
• Bengali : Chhoti elachi
• Gujarati : Elaychi
• Kannada : Yelakki
• Kashmiri : Aalbuduaal
• Malayalam : Elathari
• Marathi : Velchil
• Oriya : Alaichi
• Punjabi : Elaychi
• Sanskrit : Ela
• Tamil : Yelakkai or Elakkai
• Telugu : Yealak-Kayulu or Elakkayi
• Urdu : Ilaychi
• Spanish : Cardamomo
• French : Cardamome
• German : Kardamom
• Swedish : Kardemumma
• Arabic : Hal
• Dutch : Kardemom
• Italian : Cardamomo
• Portuguese : Cardamomo
• Russian : Kardamon
• Japanese : Karudamon
• Chinese : Pai-tou-k'ou

Besides India, Cardamom is grown in which other countries?

 Besides India, cardamom is grown as a commercial crop in Guatemala and on small scale in Tanzania, Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Honduras, and Papua & New Guinea.