Production in Europe and Eastern Europe is substantial. In Soviet States coriander is grown mainly for the production of the essential oil. Probably the largest consumer in the Economic Community is Germany. Domestic production could, therefore, be supplied by one, moderately sized producer. In Western Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East, coriander trade appears to enter the international trade through the same distribution channels as other spices.
Trade involves an exporter, an agent-broker and occasionally a dealer.
The smaller fruited cultivars produced in Europe, exemplified by Russian coriander, have a far greater volatile oil content and flavour strength than the larger fruited types and fetch higher prices in the market. Currently, the greatest risk to coriander production for oil or the spice are crop diseases for which there is little published information available and currently no proven control strategy.