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WPB Week #07/18, 12-16 February 2018

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 15 Feb 2018 16

The market at most origins is not active in view of anticipating celebration of Tet in Viet Nam and Lunar New Year in China. Most players in Sarawak, Lampung and Bangka are also celebrating this Festival. There is no pepper price reported from Viet Nam this week due to most players have closed office this week. 

In India pepper price decreased by INR 20 per Kg. In Sri Lanka a marginal increase was recorded. In Lampung and Bangka, the price remained unchanged with very limited trading activity. It is expected the market will be more active later this month. 

In the USA spot price of black pepper increased while for white pepper decreased.

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY JAPAN

Imports of pepper into Japan was around 8-9,000 Mt annually. Malaysia is traditionally the main source of whole pepper for Japan followed by Indonesia and India. Earlier, Malaysia was also the most important source for ground pepper. But in the last few years Indonesia and Viet Nam have replaced Malaysia to the third position. 

During 2017, import of pepper into Japan decreased by more than 500 Mt from 8,740 Mt in 2016 to 8,194 Mt, consisting of 4,670 Mt of whole pepper and 3,524 Mt of ground pepper. Pepper imported by Japan is almost all for internal use. Only negligible quantity is re-exported in retail packs.

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