May 20, 2026
Indonesian Cloves: A Buyer's Guide to the World's Largest Supply Source
Indonesia supplies roughly 75–80% of the world's cloves. This is not a recent development — cloves are native to the Maluku Islands (the original "Spice Islands"), and Indonesia has dominated global production for centuries. If you are buying cloves at any significant volume, you are almost certainly buying Indonesian origin, directly or through a trader who is.
