May 2006

by | May 1, 2006 | OLD

Vanilla report 28 Over two years has passed since the turning point in the vanilla market when prices for industrial grade Madagascar vanilla peaked well over $500.00/kg. Today, prices for the same grade vanilla (thankfully the quality is better) start at about one...

August 2005

by | Aug 5, 2005 | OLD

Vanilla report 26 Eighteen months after the International prices for vanilla began an unprecedented free fall from prices well in excess of US$500.00/kg, the market still remains very soft and very skeptical. Despite a 90% drop in the prices for extraction grade...

November 2004

by | Nov 5, 2004 | OLD

Vanilla report 25 The last six months of the worldwide vanilla bean trade have been unstable, without any historic precedent. After five years of continuously rising prices, most of these increases have been wiped out over the last six months as vanilla prices have...

May 2004

by | May 3, 2004 | OLD

Vanilla report 24 The five-year period of historically high pricing of vanilla, and erratic availability and quality, is finally coming to an end. At the industrial level, prices increased almost 25 fold over this period and as a result, worldwide consumption of...

March 2004

by | Mar 24, 2004 | OLD

Vanilla report 023 The five-year period of historically high pricing of vanilla, and erratic availability and quality, is finally coming to an end. At the industrial level, prices increased almost 25 fold over a period of five years and, as a result, worldwide...