Cloves values belie arrival of new crop produce

October 17, 2008 By:

MADAGASCAR’S northeast cloves crop has started arriving on the market and quality appears to be very favorable. Production from the north of Madagascar at 8,000 tonnes and that from the south at 3,000 tonnes. It is obvious that the low levels are not satisfying the Madagascar clove producers/collectors and they are all looking forward to […]

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Cloves traders await global demand resurgence

October 6, 2008 By:

WORLD cloves demand has remained in the doldrums over the last few weeks but traders are hopeful that buying interest will pick up soon now that the holy month of Ramadan has come to an end. New crop Madagascar cloves might open in the range of $3,750 to $4,000 a tonne this would not last […]

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