Weekly Publications

No. 42/25, 13 - 17 October 2025

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MARKET REPORT - KEY HIGHLIGHTS

In the third week of October, the global pepper market continued to exhibit mixed trends across producing and consuming countries.
Despite a depreciation of the Indian Rupee against the US Dollar (INR 88.51/USD, down by 1%), both domestic and international prices of Indian pepper registered upward adjustments for two consecutive weeks.
Both domestic and international prices of Indonesian pepper remained stable during the week.
Only domestic price of Malaysian pepper recorded a downward movement this week, while international prices of Malaysian pepper remained stable with no significant changes.
Domestic pepper prices in Sri Lanka remained steady throughout the week.
Domestic prices of Vietnamese pepper experienced an upward adjustment, while international prices declined slightly during the same period.

Brazilian pepper prices continued to decline for the fourth consecutive week. Meanwhile, prices of Cambodian black pepper and Chinese white pepper remained stable and unchanged.
Between 2023 and June 2025, Austria exported a cumulative total of 862 metric tons (MT) of pepper. Russia emerged as the leading importer with 239 MT, followed by Germany, Poland, Italy, and Hungary.

FARM GATE PRICE BLACK PEPPER - in US$/Mt

FARM GATE PRICE WHITE PEPPER - in US$/Mt

FOB PRICE BLACK PEPPER - in US$/Mt

FOB PRICE WHITE PEPPER - in US $/Mt

EXPORT OF PEPPER BY AUSTRIA (2023 - 2025)

BUYERS PRICES AT NEW YORK (In US$/Mt)

 

 

Notes:

  • Prices given are indicative prices. Quality may differ from place to place. Prices can vary and the IPC is not responsible for loss or damages caused to the users of these prices in the context of business contracts or other transactions
  • Producers price ex Kochi is the price quoted for un-garbled quality at Kochi
  • Producers prices ex Lampung and Pangkal Pinang are average prices received by farmers for unprocessed pepper
  • Producers prices ex Kuching are the average prices offered by local traders to farmers for unprocessed pepper - grade 1
  • Producers price in Sri Lanka is the average price received by growers, collected from 11 pepper growing districts in Sri Lanka - grade 1
  • Producers price ex Ho Chi Minh City is prices for local purchases of pepper (500 g/l for black and 630g/l for white)

Notes:
IPC DOES NOT set the price of pepper; IPC only publishes the prevailing price of pepper as reported from various origins and sources. Some of the data in this publication are from the IPC Secretariat database. The data were obtained from the official reports and correspondence between the IPC and has been processed based on statistical norms that can be accounted for.

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