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WPB Week #17/17, 24-28 April 2017

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 30 Apr 2017 7

The market of pepper has decreased further and price at almost all origins has slide down with different scale. Significant decrease was recorded in Viet Nam during the week under review. Market pressure seems to have taken place in Viet Nam, following considerable quantity of pepper from recent harvest arrived in the market. On the other side limited overseas demand was also reported. As the largest pepper supplier, market situation in Viet Nam has influenced market development in other source as well.

In Viet Nam price has decreased by 8% for black and 4% for white pepper. In India and Indonesia, price decreased by around 4%. Marginal decrease was also recorded in Sri Lanka and China.

EXPORT OF PEPPER FROM INDONESIA
During 2016 Indonesia exported 53,100 Mt of pepper, comprising of 32,100 Mt. of black and 21,000 Mt of white pepper. As against export in 2015, total export in 2016 decreased by around 5,000 Mt (9%). Export of black pepper decreased by 15%; while for white pepper increased marginally by 4%.

As reported earlier, a significant decrease of black pepper export has been anticipated in view of decreased production of pepper in Lampung, the main source of black pepper in Indonesia. In the case of white pepper, although production of pepper in Bangka decreased, but production of white pepper in other areas such as Kalimantan and Sulawesi has increased. This has contributed significant quantity to total white pepper export in 2016.

In the last two years, Viet Nam was the main destination for IndonesiaÔÇÖs pepper export, absorbing more than 35% of pepper exported from Indonesia; while the United States absorbed only 16%. In 2016, India imported significant quantity of around 6,500 Mt of pepper from Indonesia.

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