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WPB Week #28/16, 11 - 15 July 2016

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 15 Jul 2016 4

Except in India, Pepper prices at source markets decreased marginally. This was likely influenced by Pepper harvest which is now in the upswing trend in Bangka and Lampung. In Bangka, the harvest has begun in late June. New material of white Pepper from initial harvest in Bangka has arrived in the market. In Lampung the harvest just started and it is expected that, new material will be available in the market by end of July. As reported earlier, output of this year harvest in Lampung and Bangka would be significantly lower when compared to last yearÔÇÖs.

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY GERMANY:
During 2015, Germany imported 29,230 Mt of pepper, comprising of 26,430 Mt and 2,800 Mt of whole and ground pepper respectively, as against 25,960 Mt (23,500 Mt of whole and 2,460 Mt of ground pepper) in 2014, registering an increase of 13%. Import of whole and ground pepper has shown an increasing trend in Germany markets.

During the first quarter of 2016, Germany imported 7,442 Mt of pepper (6,631 Mt of whole and 811 Mt of ground pepper), recording an increase of again 13%, when compared to imports of 6,583 Mt (5,952 Mt of whole and 631 Mt of ground pepper) in the same period last year. More than 50% of whole pepper imported into Germany was from Brazil, whereas Vietnam and Indonesia together supplied around 25% of its requirements. Ground pepper was mainly imported from India and Netherlands.

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