Cardamom Growers Expect Better Income

04-Nov-2025 11:55 AM

Kochi. Improved domestic production and strong market prices are expected to provide improved income to cardamom growers during the current 2025-26 marketing season (August-July).

Harvesting of the new crop is underway in Kerala, and supplies are increasing at auction centers. Despite this, prices remain firm. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, the world's leading producer and exporter, cardamom production is expected to decline by more than 50 percent due to extreme weather and natural disasters.

Restricted production in Guatemala is likely to impact India in three ways. First, it may not be possible to import low-cost cardamom from there, and global trade will also remain weak, which could lead to strong demand for Indian cardamom in West Asia and the Gulf region.

Apart from this, due to limited stock in Guatemala, the price of small cardamom may remain high, due to which the trend of bullish-strong prices is expected to continue in India as well.

This time the production of small cardamom in India is estimated to improve and reach 32-34 thousand tons, whereas the production in Guatemala is likely to decline and shrink to between 16-20 thousand tons.

With this, India will become the largest producer of cardamom in the world after 44 years. A good increase in exports from here is also expected.