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.
Proud Member of:
American Spice Trade Association (ASTA)
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Oct 10, 2025
* So far the U.S. Government shutdown seems not to have had a substantial impact on port pickups.
* Despite the shutdown FDA announced this week it will require import certifications for all spices arriving from specific regions of Indonesia after Oct 31st due to potential contamination with Cesium-137. ASTA has been doing an excellent job informing membership of logistics. This is the first use of FDA’s import certification authority under FSMA since it was established in 2011.
Pepper
The market continues to have an unclear direction, with scarce buying interest. A few Vietnamese sellers are willing to accept bids to move inventories, but in general their market continues to remain steady despite the limited activity. Vietnam's total pepper exports to date are about 7% lower than in 2024, with imports up 25-30% (mostly from Brazil). Expectations for the harvest of the coming crop there are that it will be further disappoint. Brazilian sellers are not anxious, but the business that is being done has been lower than levels a week ago.
Other Spices:
Peruvian ANNATTO quotes eased. European CARAWAY also is lower. Guatemala is not yet offering new crop CARDAMOM as their crop is late - another challenging year is expected. U.S. buyers will now be cautious buying Indonesian CLOVES. Mediterannean OREGANO offers had softened, and have now stabilized. Southern African countries have competitive new crop PAPRIKA available. FDA has a target to establish opiate alkaloid residual levels for POPPY by the end of the year. Eastern European's harvest of TARRAGON is disappointing this year. India's TURMERIC market has been active.
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