Weekly Publications

WPB Week #14/15, 6 - 10 April 2015

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 10 Apr 2015 1

In Kuching, Sarawak the market showed a significant movement. Local price increased by 8% from MYR 27 and MYR 37 per Kg for black and white respectively at the beginning of the week to MYR 29 and MYR 40 per Kg respectively at the following days this week. FOB price however were reported stable.
In Kochi Malabar black pepper prices increased by 2% both local as well as FOB in view of reported increased demand. In Lampung, Vietnam and Sri Lanka the average prices also increased marginally. White pepper price in Bangka increased up to 3%.

IMPORTOF PEPPER BY GERMANY:
During 2014, Germany imported 25,962 Mt, comprising of 23,503 and 2,459 Mt of whole and ground pepper respectively, as against 30,514 Mt (28,522 Mt of whole and 1,992 Mt of ground pepper) in 2013, registering a decrease of 15%. Import of whole pepper decreased by 18%, while import of ground pepper increased by 23%. Brazil was the most important source of import of pepper for Germany in 2014, around 38% of whole pepper was imported into Germany. Vietnam the largest pepper producer and exporter supplied 20% decreased from 42% in 2013. Indonesia remained the third important source for Germany, supplying 14% in 2014. As trading countries, the Netherlands also supplied significant quantity of whole and ground pepper to Germany.

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