INDIA lifted its exports of turmeric during the first eight months of the current fiscal year despite a substantial increase in the price of the spice.
Shipments of turmeric between April and November 2008 reached 36,500 tonnes against 33,390 tonnes valued at Rs1bn ($20.13m) in the same period a year-ago. The target set for turmeric exports during the current fiscal year is 50,000 tonnes valued at Rs1.6bn…READ MORE