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WPB Week #48/15, 30 November - 04 December 2015

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 04 Dec 2015 1

In the last 43rd Session of IPC held in Mysore, India 0n 22-25 November 2015 it was reported that production and export of pepper in 2015 increased significantly from 2014 and a marginal increase is projected for 2016. Toward this report, a negative response took place in the last two weeks. Local price of black pepper in most producing countries decreased, except in Sarawak. The situation however is expected to be temporary. Due to drought and uncertain rainfall occurred in South India, production of pepper in India will go down drastically in 2016. A significant decrease is also anticipated in Indonesia. Producers and concerned parties at main growing areas in Lampung and Bangka reported that due to prolonged hot weather many pepper plants withered and died. Some source in Sri Lanka also reported that production in Sri Lanka is anticipated not as high as projected.

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY JAPAN:
Japan is one of the important markets for pepper in East Asia. A volume of around 8-9,000 Mt is imported by Japan annually. During 2014 Japan imported 8,833 Mt of pepper, comprising of 5,194 Mt of whole pepper and 3,640 Mt of ground pepper, as against 8,514 Mt (4,895 Mt of whole and 3,619 Mt of ground pepper) imported during the year 2013. During January - October 2015, total import of pepper into Japan was 7,697 Mt (4,382 Mt of whole and 3,315 Mt of ground pepper). When compared to import in the same period last year, there was an increase of around 10%. Malaysia remained the most important source of whole pepper for Japan in 2015, supplying 55%, followed by Indonesia 23%. While for ground pepper was mostly imported from Indonesia 42% and from Vietnam 33%. Monthly import figures of pepper by Japan during Jan-Oct 2015 are shown at the table below:

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