The genus Cinnamomum

Economics and Marketing of Cinnamon and Cassia 297
Table 12.12 Period-wise cinnamon export by the major producing countries (1971–2000)
Year Indonesia Madagascar Seychelles Sri Lanka Vietnam China India World
Period I
(1971–80)
Average 6100.2 333.3 1111.3 6164.5 108.5 1269.8 700.0 17,983.8
% share
Period II
(1981–90)
33.9 1.9 6.2 34.3 0.6 7.1 3.9 100.0
Average 16226.3 1235.2 557.6 7366.6 1894.2 17200 750.8 49,255.6
% share
Period III
(1991–99)
32.9 2.5 1.1 15.0 3.8 34.9 1.5 100.0
Average 21137.1 913.7 465.9 8271.8 3087.8 22374.6 689.2 75,763.6
% share 27.9 1.2 0.6 10.9 4.1 39.7 0.9 100.0
Source: Based on FAOSTAT.
Note
Qty in tonnes.
Indonesia and China, the major producers of the cassia type of cinnamon
increased, their production from the beginning of 1980s and together captured
almost 70% of the world market. Consequently, export from traditional cinnamon
producers like Sri Lanka, Madagascar and Seychelles declined drastically from 34.3,
1.9 and 6.8 per cent, respectively, in the 1970s to only about 10.9%, 1.2% and
0.6%, respectively, in the 1990s. China and Indonesia substantially increased their
share in world trade during this period to about 39.7% and 27.9%, respectively
(Table 12.12). There has been an increasing trend in export of cassia products from
Indonesia, China and Vietnam, while the true cinnamon export could not keep
up the pace. The export performance by non-producing (re-exporting) countries is
given in Table 12.13. Among the re-exporting countries, US, the Netherlands and
Table 12.13 Period-wise exports of cinnamon by non-producing countries (1975–2000)
Year USA The Netherlands Singapore United Germany France World
Kingdom
Period I (1971–80)
Average 812.3 267.0 231.4 90.4 97.5 13.3 17,984
% share
Period II (1981–90)
4.52 1.48 1.29 0.50 0.54 0.07 100.0
Average 583.1 379.1 1374.7 55.8 177.0 741.7 49,256
% share 1.18 0.77 2.79 0.11 0.36 1.49 100.0
Period III (1991–2000)
Average 844.0 1443.1 6201.0 43.0 362.3 136.4 75,764
% share 1.11 1.90 8.18 0.06 0.48 0.18 100.0
Source: Based on FAOSTAT.
Note
Qty in MTs.