Abstract

ARIZIO, OSVALDO  and  CURIONI, ANA. The global and regional coriander market (Coriandrum sativum L.). rev.colomb.cienc.hortic. [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.2, pp.263-278. ISSN 2011-2173.

Coriander is an aromatic and medicinal species used mainly, whole or ground, in the food industry. The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of coriander in the worldwide and regional markets and its main importers in order to examine Argentina's role as the only coriander-exporting country of South America during the last decade. For this purpose, information that came from different commercial statistics sources (United Nations, FAS, USDA, JETRO, Alice web and INDEC) was systematized by calculating a quinquennial average and an average annual cumulative growth rate with the linear regression method. The analysis concludes that global coriander demand continues to expand at significant rates, 7% in value terms; the top 10 exporting countries account for 82,6% of exports in terms of value averages (quinquennial 2005/2009). The top 10 importing countries account for 62,8% of global imports; led by Malaysia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, USA and Japan, together representing 40% of the global total. Even though Argentine export and production are also expanding, supply is not enough to meet the demands of growing importers. At the same time, the fluctuation of Argentine production make it commercially unreliable because it has gone from being the only coriander supplier to Brazil, Chile and Uruguay in the early 90s, to an erratic producer that for some years and countries provided nothing.

Keywords : international trade; South American market; Argentina.

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