Weekly Publications

No. 14/25, 31 - 4 April 2025

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MARKET REPORT - KEY HIGHLIGHTS


The pepper market in the first week of April continued to show mixed response as Muslims around the world celebrated the holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
Both local and international price for Indian pepper reported stable this week.
Indonesian markets were closed for a whole week due to the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Only international price for Malaysian white pepper reported with a decreasing trend this week. Whilst, the others continued to be reported stable this week.
The local price for Sri Lankan pepper continued to be reported with an increasing trend for the last six (6) weeks.
Local price for Vietnamese pepper reported with a decreasing trend this week. Whilst, the international price for Vietnamese pepper reported stable and unchanged.

Brazilian black pepper, Cambodian black pepper as well as Chinese white pepper reported stable and unchanged.
The US and European continued to remain relatively quiet with a price remain unchanged as for the last three weeks and also semi holidays to some Muslim country.
Export of Pepper by Singapore (2023 - 2025).

FARM GATE PRICE BLACK PEPPER - in US$/Mt

FARM GATE PRICE WHITE PEPPER - in US$/Mt

FOB PRICE BLACK PEPPER - in US$/Mt

FOB PRICE WHITE PEPPER - in US $/Mt

EXPORT OF PEPPER BY SINGAPORE (2023 - 2025)

BUYERS PRICES AT NEW YORK (In US$/Mt)

 

 

Notes:

  • Prices given are indicative prices. Quality may differ from place to place. Prices can vary and the IPC is not responsible for loss or damages caused to the users of these prices in the context of business contracts or other transactions
  • Producers\' price ex Kochi is the price quoted for un-garbled quality at Kochi
  • Producers\' prices ex Lampung and Pangkal Pinang are average prices received by farmers for unprocessed pepper
  • Producers\' prices ex Kuching are the average prices offered by local traders to farmers for unprocessed pepper - grade 1
  • Producers\' price in Sri Lanka is the average price received by growers, collected from 11 pepper growing districts in Sri Lanka - grade 1
  • Producers\' price ex Ho Chi Minh City is prices for local purchases of pepper (500 g/l for black and 630g/l for white)

Notes:
IPC DOES NOT set the price of pepper; IPC only publishes the prevailing price of pepper as reported from various origins and sources.
Some of the data in this publication are from the IPC Secretariat database. The data were obtained from the official reports and correspondence between the IPC and has been processed based on statistical norms that can be accounted for.

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