Cardamom: volume, prices, destinations and risks
- Sectors and investment opportunities
- Agribusiness: coffee, cardamom, sugar
- Audited
Guatemala is the world's largest cardamom exporter, with more than 50% of the market (Ministry of Agriculture, MAGA). In 2024 it exported some 28,321 tonnes for US$496.6 million, and through 2025 export prices moved between US$5.06 and 6.17/kg in a price recovery; both Infobae figures were verified in the audit of 19 August 2026. The main destinations are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Prensa Latina reported a 65% fall in the 2024-2025 harvest after consecutive droughts, and Prensa Libre a temporary suspension of exports because of logistics closures in the Middle East. The 2025 export figures (US$434.8 M, −12.2%) and the planted area (~150,000 ha, 70% in Alta Verapaz) that circulated in the first pass were withdrawn because the article cited does not contain them; they remain to be obtained from Banguat and MAGA.
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Figures
- World ranking
- 1st exporter, >50% of the market
- Cardamom exports
- ~28,321 t · US$496.6 million
- Export prices
- US$5.06–6.17/kg
- Harvest fall from drought
- −65%
- Destinations
- Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Caveat
Sources
- MAGA — Guatemala es líder en exportación de cardamomo a nivel mundial
- Infobae — El liderazgo de Guatemala en exportaciones de cardamomo se consolida a nivel mundial
- Prensa Latina — Cayó 65 por ciento cosecha 2024-2025 de cardamomo en Guatemala
- Prensa Libre — Exportaciones de cardamomo de Guatemala se suspenden por cierre en Medio Oriente
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