There are a variety of spices being produced for their culinary, medicinal use. Spices are essentially the flavored or aromatic part of a plant used as a preservative or for food flavoring. These spices are cultivated and grown in different parts of the world depending on the climatic conditions, soil required etc. The international trade figures of almost all the spices have been rising over the past decade. India is a significant contributor to the world trade in spices and is one of the leading producers of spices including pepper, ginger, cardamom etc. Popular spices traded in the global market are: