UAE Ranks 4th Biggest Market for Indian Spices, Saudi Among Top 12
The UAE ranked fourth in the world among the top 12 markets for Indian spices in the fiscal year 2022-23, the Spices Board of India announced on Friday.
Spice traders, regulatory authorities, import associations and trade officials from the Gulf will be invited for the 14th World Spice Congress to be held in Mumbai from September 15 to 17, D Sathiyan, Secretary of the Spices Board, told New Delhi-based foreign correspondents as part of the preparations for the Congress.
Saudi Arabia also figures in the top 12 markets for Indian spices, figures released on the occasion showed. India’s fiscal year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31.
The event ‘World Spice Congress 2023’ is being organised on the sidelines of the G20 Summit to be held in New Delhi in September, Sathiyan said. “It will provide a platform for the stakeholders to discuss the latest trends in the spice business after the COVID-19 pandemic, emerging challenges and the way forward.”
