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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September 11, 2026
Pepper
Origin levels have strengthened a little but surging Asian freight rates have particularly impacted Vietnamese CF offers. This triggered some activity for nearby shipments to the U.S. as buyers concluded stocks shipped sooner are a safer bet than waiting for oil prices to relax in the next few months to bring down the all-in costs. Brazil levels have meanwhile held steady, despite a lack of pressure from buyers or sellers. There is near term strength without a market driven direction.
Other Spices:
Egypt associates of ours continue to be surprised at their stable BASIL market despite dwindling inventories because of the short crop. European CARAWAY prices are off appreciably from last year and are now at levels drawing good interest. CLOVE offers surged with limited Madagascar stocks until new crop shipments around the new year; buyers have focused on inventories in Europe as recent origin transit times have been unusually long. CORIANDER continues to be strong and active as Eastern European harvests have disappointed; also larger anticipated plantings in India - displacing CUMIN - has made for volatility of that item along with concerns about late rains. A good Mexican PIMENTO crop brought levels down sharply from there; Central American prices reacted but lagged in the decline. TURMERIC levels jumped still more in India with El Nino concerns about critical rains; but crops are many months from now.
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