December 2012

Vanilla Market Report no. 41 As 2012 draws to a close, it is apparent that the worldwide market for vanilla beans has finally started to recover after more than 6 years of oversupply and price stagnation. We are hopeful the recovery will be long term and sustained in...

December 2011

Vanilla Market Report no. 40 As we have indicated in our most recent reports, the worldwide slump in the vanilla bean market,almost 6 years old, may finally be coming to an end. In fact we believe we are already in a “bull” market for vanilla beans and the real...

October 2011

Vanilla Market Report No. 39 Over the past 6 months we have seen some very significant changes in the global vanilla trade. Years of chronic weakness in demand and stagnant prices seem to be finally giving way to a new reality. In the peripheral origins such as...

May 2011

Vanilla Market report no. 38 Despite signs of recovery in certain sectors, the overall global market for vanilla beans remains stubbornly weak. As previously indicated, declining production in areas outside of Madagascar are starting to have an impact on availability,...

November 2010

Vanilla Report no. 37 On the surface it appears that little has changed with regard to the global vanilla market since we gave our last market report at the FEMA vanilla committee meeting in May 2010. Prices remain very low, supplies are abundant and demand, at least...