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WPB Week #38/18, 17-21 September 2018

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Pepper prices were relatively stable. Marginal decrease in Sri Lanka was due to weakening Sri Lankan Rupees against US dollar. India is mostly silent. In Viet Nam, local price of pepper stood at the level of VND 50,500 and VND 82,500 per Kg for black and white pepper respectively. When compared to last week average price, the local price of black pepper increased marginally by 1%.

In August, Viet Nam exported 23,100 Mt of pepper (19,990 Mt of black and 3,110 Mt of white pepper), valued at US$69 million. Up to August 2018 total export of Viet Nam was 176,700 Mt valued at US$ 590 million. Out of this, 157,900 Mt was black pepper and 18,800 Mt was white pepper. The United States continued to be the main destination, absorbing 31,600 Mt, followed by China, the most impressive growth market, importing 25,700 Mt of pepper from Viet Nam in the first eight months, a significant increase of 16,600 Mt from previous year corresponding period import. Other source for China comes from Indonesia and Cambodian shippers at the Cambodian border. For the US and EU, Brazil is mainly the source.


IMPORT OF PEPPER BY FRANCE

In 2017 France imported 10,800 Mt of pepper (8,150 Mt of whole and 2,650 Mt of ground pepper), a decrease of 6% as against 11,500 Mt (8,500 Mt of whole and 3,000 Mt of ground pepper) in 2016.

During January - June 2018, France has imported 5,710 Mt (4,270 Mt of whole and 1,440 Mt of ground pepper), recording a marginal increase of 5% when compared with import of 5,425 Mt (4,015 Mt of whole and 1,410 Mt of ground pepper) during same period in the year 2017. Brazil was the main source of pepper for France in the first half of the year, supplying 42% of total pepper imported into France. Viet Nam supplied 16% followed by Indonesia 7% and India 4% respectively. Germany, the Netherland and Spain also supplied significant quantity of ground pepper into France in the first six months 2018.

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