In its May newsletter, "Aust & Hachmann", one of the world's largest vanilla traders, depicts – from its perspective – the vicissitudes in which the global spice trade is plunged. The Canadian company also describes the market outlook in the short and medium term.
An observation refuted, en bloc, by the Groupement des exporters de vanilla de Madagascar (GEVM), represented by Georges Geeraerts: "No one has tangible figures to say that there is overproduction"