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Table 12.5 Import of cinnamon and cassia by major importing countries (1997–99)
Country Total spice imports Cinnamon & Cinnamon & Total import of Share in total
& year cassia cassia ground C&C spice import
(%)
Qty Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty Value
Mexico
1997 25,488 50,554 5449 25,982 744 406 6193 26,388 24.3 52.2
1998 29,550 65,314 4880 29,601 396 430 5276 30,031 17.9 46.0
1999 31,372 60,567 5402 28,341 443 428 5845 28,769 18.6 47.5
US
1997 242,309 496,354 16,431 31,228 1065 2045 17,496 33,273 7.2 6.7
1998 266,691 553,103 18,134 27,204 1325 2053 19,459 29,257 7.3 5.3
1999 286,855 598,846 16,346 22,059 1220 1968 17,566 24,027 6.1 4.0
Netherlands, the
1997 94,370 156,262 3211 4942 71 244 3282 5186 3.5 3.3
1998 83,967 155,406 5333 6181 103 152 5436 6333 6.5 4.1
1999 82,626 175,667 7148 7010 140 157 7288 7167 8.8 4.1
Germany
1997 111,799 225,766 1961 4011 860 2237 2821 6248 2.5 2.8
1998 115,625 242,105 1878 4040 553 1392 2431 5432 2.1 2.2
1999 121,066 242,366 1732 2984 582 1425 2314 4409 1.9 1.8
Korea
1997 33,225 41,980 2482 3136 146 290 2628 3426 7.9 8.2
1998 40,670 41,875 2180 2413 175 204 2355 2617 5.8 6.2
1999 32,100 40,443 3546 3471 65 121 3611 3592 11.2 8.9
Japan
1997 162,747 268,092 1462 3286 347 671 1809 3957 1.1 1.5
1998 160,825 217,379 1310 3001 489 908 1799 3909 1.1 1.8
1999 162,881 225,886 971 2188 509 967 1480 3155 0.9 1.4
India
1997 35,225.51 32,957.1 – – – – 3048 4389 8.3 12.0
1998 67,436.97 69,900.6 – – – – 6973 8307 9.9 11.4
1999 63,488.39 66,539.9 – – – – 12,467 13,711 19.6 20.6
Singapore
1997 130,917 209,356 4265 5562 1248 1593 5513 7155 4.2 3.4
1998 85,960 159,055 2165 2479 976 1100 3141 3579 3.7 2.3
1999 106,084 212,898 2397 2782 1018 1079 3415 3861 3.2 1.8
Source: UN Comtrade Database.
Note
Qty in tonnes, values in thousand US$.
countries for cinnamon and cassia. As it can be seen from the above Table, the
combined percentage for Sri Lanka, Madagascar and the Seychelles, the true cinnamon
producing countries, is around 28% of the total imports. China, Vietnam, and
Indonesia, the cassia producing countries, are the other suppliers to this market. The
main sources for European Union countries in 1991 were Indonesia (36%), Malagasy
Republic (21%), Sri Lanka (11%), China (6%), Seychelles (1%) and others, (15%),
indicating the dominance of cassia type in the total imports. Nearly 36% of the ground
cinnamon and cassia for the EU market is sourced from the Intra-EU countries.
Indonesia, with a 23.7% share, tops the list of suppliers of ground cinnamon and cassia
to this market. Thus, among the cassia exporting countries, Indonesia has taken the