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WPB Week #06/17, 6-11 February 2017

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 10 Feb 2017 9

The market showed a declining trend during the week. Arrival of new material from current harvest in India somehow has influenced market direction. In addition to the above, initial harvest in Vietnam has begun and prices at these sources have increased almost daily. In Lampung and Bangka, the market was quiet with limited activity. It is reported that due to unfavourable weather, production of pepper in Indonesia for this year harvest is anticipated to be lower than estimated earlier. Current price however has decreased as the demand is low. In Sarawak, pepper price remained stable; while in Sri Lanka a marginal increase was recorded.

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY JAPAN:
Japan is one of the important markets for pepper in East Asia. On average, Japan imports around 8-9,000 Mt of pepper annually. It is interesting to note that portion of whole pepper imported into Japan decreases year by year, but for ground pepper is increasing. In 2015, total pepper imported by Japan was 9,070 Mt. Out of this 5,250 Mt (58%) was whole pepper and 3,820 Mt (42%) was ground pepper, as against 7,520 Mt (82%) of whole pepper and 1,680 Mt (18%) of ground pepper imported in 2006. In 2016, total import of Japan is estimated to decrease marginally, as indicated by import performance realized up to November 2016. During January - November 2016, total import of pepper into Japan was 8,060 Mt (4,730 Mt of whole and 3,330 Mt of ground pepper). When compared to import in the same period last year, there was a decrease of around 4%. Malaysia remained the most important source of whole pepper for Japan, supplying 53%, followed by Indonesia 27%. While for ground pepper Indonesia was the top supplier supplying around 42% and followed by Vietnam shipped around 37% of ground pepper.
Yearly import figures of pepper by Japan during the last ten years and import during Jan-Nov 2015 and 2016 are shown at the table below:

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