May 2010

by | May 30, 2010 | OLD

Vanilla report no. 36 One year ago, we projected an imminent end to the ongoing slump in the vanilla market. Six months ago we reiterated our stance and encouraged buyers to consider taking long and aggressive positions with regard to their requirements for vanilla....

October 2009

by | Oct 27, 2009 | OLD

Vanilla report no. 35 As the vanilla market works its way to the end of years of over-supply and depressed prices, we see many potentially disruptive trends emerging. Production is plummeting in regions outside Madagascar and there are a variety of factors in...

May 2009

by | May 6, 2009 | OLD

Vanilla market report no. 34 Objectively, when one looks at the current state of the global vanilla market and the producing countries that support it, one would think that in the minds of those who work with vanilla red flags would be popping up in quick succession....

October 2008

by | Oct 30, 2008 | OLD

Vanilla Market Report 33 As the 2008 Madagascar crop slowly starts being exported, once again worldwide vanilla markets are in a state of flux as prices fall and inventories bulge. Despite a slight up turn in prices over the past 12 months, the next 12 hold little...

February 2008

by | Feb 27, 2008 | OLD

Vanilla report no. 32 This report is the result of a recently completed on-site survey of the Madagascar vanilla market during the last week of January 2008. It is now clear that the 2007-2008 vanilla crops in Madagascar yielded a very significant quantity of vanilla....