China’s dire ginger crop hands rivals windfall dried prices

China’s crop which came through in October was estimated to be down by about 30 to 40%, a situation compounded by the strengthening internal demand for fresh ginger this year, which has further reduced the availability of fresh ginger for dehydrating. Any offers on dried ginger are expected to be of produce from the 2009 […]

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Chinese ginger exports still running behind year ago levels

CHINESE ginger exports in the first 10 months of 2010 continued to lag behind those of a year ago due to reduced production, although in percentage terms the decline was not as severe as that seen in the first half of this year. The Asian country sold a total of 246,900 tonnes of ginger to […]

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Ginger prices seen spiralling higher again

CHINESE dried ginger prices have shown renewed strength of late due to this year’s reduced availability and anticipated further shortages in 2011. This year, the new crop of Chinese ginger at the end of November/early December is forecast to be a smaller crop…READ MORE

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Ginger prices seen spiralling higher again

CHINESE dried ginger prices have shown renewed strength of late due to this year’s reduced availability and anticipated further shortages in 2011. Sulphur dioxide used to be a major issue with Chinese ginger but this has lessened in recent years as the origin makes more use of electric ovens to dry the product as opposed […]

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Fall in output slices Chinese ginger exports

CHINESE ginger exports declined by 20% in the first six months of this year due to lower output. The Asian country sold a total of 151,809 tonnes of ginger to global destinations between January and June this year, down from 189,873 tonnes in the same period of 2009…READ MORE

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Low supply keeps ginger costly

INTERNATIONAL dried ginger prices have remained steady to firm over recent weeks as ongoing steady demand has proved enough to prevent prices easing in a market of extremely tight supply. The availability of dried ginger from China has been much lower this year due to smaller crops of fresh ginger in both origins in December […]

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Shortages keep Chinese ginger prices high

Earlier projections that Chinese dried ginger prices would be prone to increases this year due to reduced availability of the fresh produce are being realised. In January, dealers indicated that prices of dried ginger from China’s new crop of fresh ginger, which was harvested in December, had opened at high levels as the crop was […]

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Ginger bears the brunt of limited supplies

With ginger supplies in China tight, less is being turned over to the essential oil markets, leading to tight supplies, dubious quality and climbing prices for ginger oil. Prices have climbed from lows of $26 per kg on a spot basis from China in April and May 2009 to most recently being quoted at $40 […]

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