Weekly Publications

WPB Week #21/13, 20 - 24 May 2013

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 24 May 2013 3

The market continued to be quiet since the market pressure still exists in Vietnam. Prices in most of the producing countries decreased further. However, farmers in Vietnam continue to hold stock and not interested to release their material at lower price. Consequently the market continued to be tight. In India price for Malabar ungarbled black stood at INR 335 per kg during the week, decreased from average price of INR 340 per kg last week. In Lampung local price remains stable at IDR 53,000 per kg, with very limited activities. Nominal quantity of stock is available and expected to be released only at the higher prices. Production of black pepper in Lampung is estimated to be significantly lower this year. Although rejuvenation has taken place in some areas, but the output may be expected by 2014/15. In Bangka, white pepper prices decreased marginally this week. Pepper harvest in Bangka is expected to begin by June and pepper harvest in Kalimantan is expected to begin in early July. In Sarawak, prices also decreased, but in Sri Lanka an increase of 2% was recorded.
EXPORT OF PEPPER FROM MALAYSIA: During 2012, Malaysia exported 10,588 mt of pepper comprising of 8,481; 2,072 and 35 mt of black, white and green pepper respectively. This represented a decrease of 26% compared to the export of 14,355 in exported during 2010. From January to April 2013, Malaysia exported 3,482 mt (2,894 mt of black, 584 mt of white and 4 mt of green pepper), registering an increase of 19% from the corresponding period of the last year. It was reported that production of Sarawak pepper would be better this year and total export of pepper this year is estimated to cross 15,000mt.

Download PDF

Previous Publications

1 2 3 4 5 ...28