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Pepper Statistical Yearbook 2020 is Available Now
As authentic and reliable data of production, export, import, price, cultivation area, etc are of
great benefit for the stakeholder of pepper industry, we are pleased to publish the Pepper
Statistical Yearbook 2020 which consist of the most relevant information pertinent to the
pepper industry.
This compilation of self-contained and easily referred to data presents ten years summary of
important statistical data on area, production, export, import, consumption and price of the
producing countries between 2011 - 2020 as well as the latest five years detailed statistic on
import and export pepper of the producing and consuming countries.
Year 2020 saw the increasing of pepper production by 2% as compared with the previous
year as it reached a total of 576 KMT. Thus, giving a major pressure on the global pepper
price which has been significantly low in recent years. New York spot price of pepper in 2020
was reported at an average of USD 3,087 per Mt for black pepper and USD 4,160 per Mt for
white pepper, recording a 2% increase for black pepper and 18% deficit for white pepper as
compared to 2019. The total pepper export of producing countries in 2020 recorded an
increase by 2 KMT as opposed to the previous year. Whilst the total import of the consuming
countries was reported with a slight 4% increase as compared with the same period in 2019.
The success of the publication of the Pepper Statistical Yearbook 2020 is highly due to the
cooperation and support of the IPC Member Countries, ITC Geneva, FAO and other relevant
organization which could not be named individually. The updated and relevant information
and data provided by them were the key to compiling a reliable historical data series.
Please click this link to download Pepper Statistical Year book 2020 https://www.ipcnet.org/statistics/pepper-statistical-yearbook-2020/
Previous Publications
- Pepper/Spice Exhibition at Kandy, Sri Lanka, 30th Oct. - 2nd Nov. 2017
- MPB Central Lab, Kuching, to host IPC Quality Training programme in September 2017
- Executive Director of the International Pepper Community to visit Cambodia in June 2017
- Sri Lanka to host the 45th Annual Session of the IPC during 30th Oct - 2nd Nov. 2017
- Sri Lanka's pepper now becomes one of most important spice crops for export after Cinnamon - Bandula Wickramarachchi
- Members to continue organizing the Pepper Day in 2017
- IPC revises Standard Specifications for Pepper and Pepper Products
- Iman Pambagyo, Director General seeks IPC member countries to strengthen collaborative works in responding to the quality related issues
- IPC GMP Book to be printed in different language of IPC member countries
- IPC Inter-lab Proficiency Testing Programme
- IPC Book on Good Manufacturing Practices for Pepper (P. nigrum L.) was launched
- The IPC Special Session held on 09th - 10th January 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Sri Lanka has confirmed to host the 45th Annual Session and other Meetings of the International Pepper Community in Kandy.
- Mrs. Mariam Ilias named as the Liaison Officer of Malaysia to IPC
- Lampung now has another modern pepper / spice processing unit
- 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook 2016 organized successfully in Phu Quoc
- VPA to organize 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook from 17th-19th November 2016
- IPC Executive Director visited Davao, Philippines and met Governor Claude Bautista
- ED attended the 47th APCC COCOTECH
- Dr. Agus Wahyudi named as Director of Spices and Seasonal Crops of the Agriculture Ministry of Indonesia
- Mr. Eng. BANDULA Wickramaarachchi Secretary of Ministry of Primary Industries of Sri Lanka, is the Chairman of IPC for 2016/2017
- Governor Bautista and other officials of Philippines visited Indonesia and Vietnam
- Dato Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom named as new Chairman and Dr. Harry Entebang as new Director General of Malaysian Pepper Board
- IPC announced the winners of the IPC Award Winners for the year 2015
- Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, urged IPC to strengthen the cooperation among the members on five strategic important issues.