Challenges & Material Risks
Exporters
India’s RoDTEP extension buys cardamom exporters a quarter; Sikkim farms still face climate-linked disease losses
The three-month export-tax remission window runs through 31 December 2026, but it does not pay growers directly or resolve supply risk. For cooperatives aggregating Sikkim’s large cardamom, the immediate challenge remains maintaining productive, shaded farms as weather variability compounds crop disease.