INDIAN spice believe that the provision of an Rs7 (15c) a tonne freight subsidy for this year's black pepper exports has been instrumental in boosting the country's shipments of the commodity this year.
The latest figures India's total exports of black pepper during the April to October period of this year reached 13,825 tonnes - 54% up from the 8,971 tonnes shipped over the same stage of 2005, when India did not have the benefit of the freight subsidy...READ MORE