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WPB Week #20/18, 14 May - 18 May 2018

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The market showed a slight mixed response. Pepper price in India, Sarawak and Sri Lanka decreased. Marginal increase of local price was reported in Viet Nam. In Indonesia the price remained stable.

In Viet Nam, local price of black pepper has slightly moved up, after slid down last week. Trading however was limited as farmers continue to hold material expecting better price. Low margin is discouraging producers for selling. Shipper is reported to have difficult to obtain heavy material.

Upcoming crop due is in Indonesia, some time in July/August. Total output from this year crop season is expected to be more or less same with slightly better, particularly from new producing areas in Kalimantan and Sulawesi. In Lampung however, production of black pepper is reported to remain not encouraging. In Brazil (Vitoria) fob price for sun dried ASTA black 560 GL was $3,000 per Mt and for machine dried was $ 2,900.


EXPORT OF PEPPER FROM SRI LANKA

Yearly export of pepper from Sri Lanka is up and down sharply in the range of 5,000 - 20,000 Mt, with alternating hoses every two years, as shown in the following table and chart. Export of ground pepper in the last four years was relatively stable at around 1,000 Mt. In 2017, pepper export from Sri Lanka increased to 13,300 Mt from 7,900 Mt in 2016. Export of whole pepper increased, while for ground pepper decreased. India is the main market for Sri Lankan pepper absorbing around 80-90% of pepper exported from the country; while for ground pepper was mainly exported to Eastern Europe.

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