The genus Cinnamomum

Table 12.16 World exports of cinnamom – market shares (quantity) and unit price ratios
Year Indonesia Madagascar Seychelles Sri Lanka Vietnam China India World
Share Unit Share Unit Share Unit Share Unit Share Unit Share Unit Share Unit Export Unit
(%) value (%) value (%) value (%) value (%) value (%) value (%) value (MT) price
ratio ratio ratio ratio ratio ratio ratio (US$/t)
1971–75 25.78 0.92 3.62 0.67 10.57 0.58 40.59 1.20 – – 3.96 – 5.51 0.61 13,176 1106.8
1972–76 26.20 0.86 2.55 0.68 9.92 0.56 40.90 1.21 – – 6.46 0.34 6.24 0.60 14,239 1139.8
1973–77 26.84 0.86 1.90 0.62 7.60 0.53 40.96 1.21 – – 8.85 0.26 6.27 0.56 15,020 1208.0
1974–78 29.72 0.78 1.31 0.56 5.54 0.45 37.46 1.27 – – 11.69 0.33 5.02 0.53 16,433 1270.8
1975–79 34.84 0.65 0.96 0.96 3.61 0.44 33.93 1.29 – – 14.20 0.52 3.40 0.54 18,551 1189.7
1976–80 38.63 0.62 0.83 0.86 2.73 0.44 30.63 1.32 – 4.77 16.43 0.65 2.96 0.54 22,792 1218.1
1977–81 40.20 0.60 0.82 0.75 1.87 0.43 28.40 1.36 – 4.57 18.46 0.67 2.40 0.59 26,223 1346.5
1978–82 42.44 0.59 0.87 0.69 1.65 0.40 24.33 1.37 – 4.21 20.81 0.71 2.07 0.64 30,288 1460.8
1979–83 43.18 0.64 1.03 0.97 1.68 0.39 20.86 1.29 – 4.40 23.32 0.64 2.29 0.66 34,498 1535.0
1980–84 41.64 0.69 1.11 0.97 1.49 0.37 19.69 1.21 – – 26.82 0.60 2.77 0.63 38,636 1565.8
1981–85 39.93 0.71 1.24 1.42 1.47 0.33 18.15 1.16 – – 29.04 0.59 2.50 0.57 41,538 1600.6
1982–86 39.07 0.76 1.31 1.46 1.69 0.30 15.55 1.07 – 2.80 29.26 0.65 2.27 0.50 46,479 1572.4
1983–87 36.46 0.84 1.50 1.43 1.47 0.31 15.29 1.02 – 2.58 30.43 0.68 1.96 0.43 48,926 1600.1
1984–88 33.28 0.88 2.38 1.06 1.12 0.32 15.18 1.14 – 2.34 30.05 0.69 1.47 0.44 50,807 1670.6
1985–89 29.40 0.96 3.37 0.67 1.05 0.35 13.53 1.31 – 2.01 27.89 0.63 0.89 0.41 54,778 1847.8
1986–90 27.85 0.96 3.43 0.27 0.73 0.39 12.63 1.52 3.32 1.76 27.91 0.57 0.82 0.40 56,973 1998.6
1987–91 26.07 0.95 3.74 0.26 0.38 0.43 12.24 1.74 3.71 1.40 28.35 0.52 0.89 0.38 59,255 2071.1
1988–92 22.80 1.05 3.49 0.28 0.35 0.47 11.56 1.96 3.51 1.24 26.55 0.49 1.04 0.34 63,959 2061.1
1989–93 23.47 1.07 2.78 0.33 0.40 0.51 10.47 2.11 3.60 1.13 27.42 0.46 1.37 0.23 68,738 1994.8
1990–94 25.45 1.04 2.03 0.39 0.43 0.54 9.64 2.17 3.54 1.07 29.48 0.46 1.40 0.19 68,963 1912.9
1991–95 24.48 1.09 1.81 0.45 0.58 0.55 9.56 2.12 4.49 1.04 29.65 0.47 1.56 0.16 73,321 1860.6
1992–96 23.87 1.11 1.36 0.50 0.72 0.60 9.77 2.04 4.46 1.09 30.99 0.49 1.38 0.14 73,718 1841.4
1993–97 27.33 0.95 1.14 0.51 0.75 0.63 10.32 1.57 4.77 1.08 35.03 0.52 1.10 0.24 74,448 1845.8
1994–98 28.89 1.09 0.87 0.64 0.69 0.80 11.31 1.40 4.66 1.31 36.08 0.67 0.72 0.51 74,223 1511.6
1995–99 30.05 1.24 0.60 0.85 0.68 1.07 12.10 1.23 4.48 1.64 35.51 0.72 0.52 0.96 78,898 1126.8