Weekly Publications

No. 19/25, 5 - 9 May 2025

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MARKET REPORT - KEY HIGHLIGHTS


The pepper market this week continued to show mixed response.
Both local and international price for Indian pepper continued to be reported with a decreasing trend since last week.
Both local and international price for Indonesian pepper reported with an increasing trend this week which partially contributed to the strengthening of Indonesian Rupiah against the US Dollar (IDR 16,491 @ 1 USD) or 1% appreciation as less transaction reported in the market.
Local price for Malaysian pepper reported with an increasing trend since last week. Whilst, international price for Malaysian black pepper reported with a decreasing trend for the last two (2) weeks. Furthermore, international price for Malaysian white pepper reported stable and unchanged.
After reported with an increasing trend for the last two (2) weeks, the local price for Sri Lankan pepper reported stable this week.
Only Local price for Vietnamese white pepper reported with an increasing trend this week. Whilst, the others reported stable.

Brazilian black pepper, Cambodian black pepper as well as Chinese white pepper continued to be reported stable and unchanged since last week.
Import of Pepper by Italy (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

IMPORT OF PEPPER BY ITALY (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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