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WPB Week #26/16, 27 June - 1 July 2016

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 01 Jul 2016 4

Domestic market continued to be mixed response during. In India and Sri Lanka, black pepper price decreased marginally. In Bangka and China, white pepper price also decreased; while in Lampung, local price of black pepper increased. Stable prices were reported in Vietnam and Sarawak. In Lampung market activity was reported very limited. Inter-island shipment was reported more attractive as better price. New material from upcoming harvest in Lampung is expected to be available in late July. In Bangka, initial harvest has started and normal harvest will start after Ramadhan festival.

EXPORT OF PEPPER FROM BRAZIL:
During April 2016, Brazil exported 1,750 Mt of pepper valued at US$ 14.4 million as against 2,764 Mt valued at US$ 25.5 million exported in April 2015, recording significant decrease of 37% in quantity and 43% in value. When compared with exports in previous months, the export has also decreased from 4,307 Mt in January 2016 and from 5,785 in November 2015. The continuous decrease of export during the high prevailing price reflected that the stock of pepper in Brazil has exhausted. During January - April 2016 Brazil has exported 13,753 Mt, an increase of .% from 11,489 Mt of total export in the same period last year. This was possible because of good harvest resulted in August/September last year. United States and Germany remained the most important destination, together absorbed about 60% of Brazilian pepper export during the first four months. France and Spain also imported significant quantity of pepper from Brazil.

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