The spices of Kerala date back to thousands of years in the history of the state. In the ancient times, Kerala rose to fame all around the world solely on the basis of the riches brought into the state, because of its monopoly over spices. Musiri, the ancient port of Kerala became the base of world spice trade, almost ages ago. It is sometimes said the Western colonization in India, was the attempt of the West to control the spice trade from the state. The arrival of Vasco Da Gama in India and its spice trade was the result of the same. Major spices in Kerala includes, pepper, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, clove, nutmeg etc. Kerala is the largest producer of small cardamom in India. Within India, Kerala is the spice garden. As spices cultivation is the means of living for a large number of agricultural households in Kerala, spices trade is of crucial significance to their earnings, well-being and living standards. Cardamom renowned as the ‘Queen of spices’ is a tiny spice that attracted the consumers to a greater extent. More than 80 per cent of the production of the spice in the country is restricted to Kerala. But the spices trade in Kerala is now handicapped by a number of problems. The growers of cardamom are also facing declining profit margins due to price pressure. Therefore, it is time for all those concerned with Indian spice industry to make earnest efforts to overcome the problems faced by the spices sector, or else our dominant position in the global spice market may be further relegated to the background.