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WPB Week #31/17, 31 July - 4 August 2017

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 05 Aug 2017 4

The market showed an improvement during the week under review; where price has increased at most origins. Clear picture on the significant less production in Indonesia this year and reduction of available material in Viet Nam was likely the main factor for the change of the market trend. In Viet Nam the price increased daily from VND 80,000 per Kg locally for black at the beginning of the week to VND 85,000 per Kg at the week's close. In the case of white pepper, the price increased by VND 5,000 to VND 127,500 per Kg. In India and Lampung the prices increased marginally by 1% and % respectively. Significant increase was recorded in Kuching, Sarawak by 7%.

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :
In 2016, Import of pepper into the United States of America decreased by 5,000 Mt (6%) from 80,360 Mt in 2015 to 75,370 Mt in 2016, consisting of 48,040 Mt of black pepper, 5,860 Mt of white pepper and 21,470 Mt of ground pepper. The import decrease was due significant decrease of import of black pepper by 5,250 Mt from 53,290 Mt in 2015.

In 2017 import of United States is estimated to further decrease as indicated by total pepper imported into the United States during the first five months of this year. During January - May 2017, import of the United States was 30,830 Mt, comprising of 21,800 Mt of black pepper, 2,020 Mt of white pepper and 7,010 Mt of ground pepper. The import recorded a decrease of 10% from the import of 34,190 Mt in the same period last year. During January - May 2017, import of black pepper from Brazil and ground pepper from Viet Nam decreased significantly by 2,850 Mt (41%) and 2,920 (55%) respectively; while import of black pepper from Indonesia increased by 1,750 Mt (47%).

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