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WPB Week #25/13, 17 - 21 June 2013

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 21 Jun 2013 8

The market remained steady with limited activity. Although pepper harvest in Vietnam is completed, buyers are still having difficulty in getting the material, since producers are expecting higher price. On the other side, buyers continued to be cautious, watching on the development of pepper harvest in Indonesia which is expected to begin soon. From Lampung it was reported that production of black pepper would be significantly lower from last year. In Bangka, a marginal increase of white pepper production is anticipated. Kalimantan and Sulawesi also produce mostly white pepper for local consumption. A small portion of Kalimantan pepper is exported through Jakarta. During current crop season, East Kalimantan is anticipated to harvest two or three times. This is possible, because of climate change and rains occurred almost every day this year. This has resulted in the flowering and fruit setting are happening parallelly. Initial harvest in East Kalimantan is expected to begin in July and the second harvest to come in October/November.

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY GERMANY:
In February 2013, Germany imported 2,086 mt of pepper (1,850 mt of whole and 236 mt of ground pepper) against 1,718 mt (1,538 mt of whole and 180 mt of ground pepper) in February 2012. During January - February 2013, Germany has imported 5,989 mt (5,611 mt of whole and 378 mt of ground pepper), recording an increase of 58%, compared to imports of 3,783 mt (3,409 mt of whole and 374 mt of ground pepper) in the corresponding period of the last year. Major share of pepper imported to Germany was from Brazil, supplying around 38% during January - February 2013. Vietnam and Indonesia were the second and third important origins for Germany, supplying 28% and 21% respectively

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