Vanilla is a seasonal product.
Vanilla usually harvest in Sri Lanka from September till February.
This time period is ‘the season’ and the rest of the months are considered as ‘off-season’.
Due to extreme shortages for vanilla during the ‘off-season’, prices increase during that time.
Usually, supply limits or unavailable during the off-season.
High labor-intensive process
Vanilla should manually be pollinated. And this process requires experts. The curing of vanilla needs expert skils, and this process is labor-intensive. These costs also add up to the final products of vanilla and therefore make it expensive.