CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
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ESA- Individual product specification<br />
Cinnamon (ESA)- Ash % w/w max. – 7%<br />
A/A % w/w max. –2%<br />
Water % w/w max. -14%<br />
V/o % v/w min. – 0.4 %<br />
IMP<strong>OR</strong>T PROCEDURE FLOW CHART<br />
Sample collected for lab examinations<br />
*sample found passable *sample found violate<br />
*apply for *shipment detained<br />
* shipment released reconditioning *shipment refused *destruction<br />
*successful<br />
reconditioning<br />
* re -sample<br />
*export *unsuccessful reconditioning<br />
Vietnam is major supplier of cassia and cinnamon products including oils to the<br />
European Union (EU ) market. The EU market importing 226 tons of cinnamon from<br />
Vietnam in 1992 , by 1996 the figure rose to 684 (391%) .<br />
MEXICO<br />
Cinnamon is the most important spice imported into Mexico, accounting of an<br />
average of 2/3 rd of country’s total imports of spices in 1970’s. it is estimated that more<br />
than 50% of world trade in true cinnamon is absorbed by this market. Further over the 5<br />
year period of 1976-80 imports of cinnamon into Mexico averaged 2224 ton. In recent<br />
years (between 1887 and 1999) the average import has been around 2771 ton vaiued US<br />
$ 28.4 million. Sri Lanka provided around 94% of total imports during 1998. the USA is<br />
major non- producing supplier of both ground and unground cinnamon to the Mexican<br />
market. The Indian export to Mexico has come down from 80 t in 1981 to 10 ton in 1998,<br />
while imports from Netherlands have risen dramatically.