Spices Board Small Cardamom e-Auctions: auction in Puttady / Bodinayakanur
Spices Board operates a shared electronic small-cardamom auction system at Puttady in Kerala and Bodinayakanur in Tamil Nadu. Puttady / Bodinayakanur, India.
AGR-347 · Auction · Puttady / Bodinayakanur, India · INR
Spices Board operates a shared electronic small-cardamom auction system at Puttady in Kerala and Bodinayakanur in Tamil Nadu. That avoids treating the same session as two independent exchanges. The market concerns a specific spice raw material; it should not be assumed to trade every spice described elsewhere on the Spices Board website. The distinction is useful when building a supplier list or identifying a relevant price series.
For 30 October 2026, the archive records 90,587 kg sold at an average INR 3,022.92/kg in the Sugandhagiri Spices Promoters & Traders auction. This is one named auctioneer's session, not the whole day's total or a separate Puttady result. The table also records arrivals, lot numbers and price extremes.
The operator describes a cloud system introduced in 2021 that permits licensed dealers to participate from either centre using an ID and password. This does not establish unrestricted bidding from an arbitrary home computer. Before the first transaction, confirm admission, where participation will take place and the relevant auctioneer's current schedule. Spices Board publishes timetables and amendments, which should be checked before travel or dispatch rather than inferred from a previous week's programme.
The public price table is useful for following market levels, but a session average combines lots with different characteristics. Buyers should define capsule size, colour, moisture, damage tolerance and the required quality profile. Comparing two offers requires compatible specifications and a representative sample, not just a similar consignment weight. For material intended for resale, agree the required lot testing and how origin will be documented. A quoted average is a market observation and does not reserve stock or establish the quality of an unexamined delivery.
Sellers should ask their chosen auctioneer about receiving goods, sampling, bag identification, commission and settlement. Buyers should calculate transport, packaging, storage and any further sorting separately from the auction price. For recurring business, keep each lot's specifications alongside its sale date and result. The auctioneer's name in a report does not replace the physical collection address, which needs confirmation before a vehicle is dispatched. Small cardamom should also remain separate from large-cardamom quotations reported for other markets. Preserving that distinction makes a price comparison more useful to a processor buying a defined ingredient.
What is priced: Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, cotton, rubber and spices
Where to find the prices
Products and quotations
Small green cardamom — lots of differing specifications
Sources
- System and both centres — www.indianspices.com
- Daily results archive — indianspices.com
- Schedules and notices — www.indianspices.com
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
