Figures from the Bank of Guatemala state that between January and September 2018, and the same period in 2019, foreign sales of cardamom increased by $132 million, from $253 million to $385 million.

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Jorge Mario del Cid, president of the cardamom committee of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), explained to Prensalibre.com that "... in the international market exists a rise in the price of cardamom. The price is high because of the scarcity in India and Guatemala and at a lower production higher price."

According to producers, climatic variation is the main reason for the local crop to shrink this year.

Del Cid added that "... the rains in May, June and July were very low compared to the normal period and caused the delay the harvest which regularly starts in September, but now starts in October. The export of the last harvest 2018/19 was about 37 thousand tons and is higher than the average of recent years which is 33 thousand tons and for this new harvest 'it is not known' how much could be below that percentage."

Source: prensalibre.com

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