John H. Elton, Inc. Spice Brokers Global Services Since 1949
Spice & Commodity Brokers in Greenpoint (Brooklyn), New York
John H. Elton, Inc., is a full service ingredient brokerage house specializing in herbs, spices, dried fruits and nuts.
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American Spice Trade Association (ASTA)
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August 28, 2026
Pepper
The market continues to lack direction based on fundamentals while higher freight rates continue to hold offers firm. Demand is tepid. Brazil's newly arriving crop is the focus of much attention; the increasing pressure from Europe to receive steam treated product from there has now driven the needed capacity investment and much of these newer capabilities will be available over the coming months. This should impact the flow of product that had been diverted to other origins over the last number of years which were sterilizing and then on-shipping product; this is a dynamic to watch going forward.
Other Spices:
India's CELERY market remains strong and local deliveries are delayed. CORIANDER is strong and active from a number of origins. Vietnam has GINGER to offer. Early arrivals of OREGANO are seeing good interest while eventual total production likely will put demand and supply in balance; early Turkish arrivals are yielding a smaller percent of EU compliant material. Mexico's PIMENTO market eased quite a bit with their decent crop; Guatemalan levels reacted but Honduras has not. There are concerns about the European POPPY crops but so far offers have held steady. Egypt now has more quantities of ROSEMARY to offer. Indian TURMERIC markets have been continued to be active and firm.
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