CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports

Detailed information on leaf distillation is lacking, with little basic data on the
effects of the various methods employed, such as oil yield and any change in oil
consumption resulting from distilling fresh leaves or leaves wilted for upto 7 days, or
charge composition and distillation time. This and similar information is essential to
ensure that a distillery operates efficiently and profitably, and greatly assists the
integration of leaf oil production with other plantation operations.
GOVT INCENTIVES FOR CINNAMON PRODUCTION AND MARKETTING
The state govt of Kerala , Tamilnadu and Karnataka have schemes for production
and distribution of seedlings to a limited extent. Seedlings are distributed at present from
the district Agricultural Farms at Kozha in Kottayam district, Mannuthy in Thrissur
district, from Taliaparamba in Cannamore district and Peringamala in
Thiruvananthapuram district, from Horticultural Research Station, Ambalavayal, in
Calicut district of Tamilnadu and from the Horticultural Experimental Station, Chethalli,
in Coorg districts of Karnataka. The growers in the respective states can contact them.
Since the quantity of cinnamon bark produced is very much limited and scattered in
some districts of Kerala and Tamilnadu, there is no established marketing system for it.
Credit facilities to the farmers are available from the co-operative Credit Societies for
cultivation of the crop.
GRADING
Cinnamon is available in the market in different grade designations in different
countries, but the more common are the following 4 grades accepted by the ISO and
ISI;that are graded according to their length, breadth and thickness.
QUILLS
They are the long compound rolls of bark upto 1 m in length, which constitute the
best grade.
QUILLINGS
During the course of grading and transportation, some breakage of quills takes
place. Besides, the smaller