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WPB Week #11/16, 14-18 March 2016

it.assistant@ipcnet.org 19 Mar 2016 2

The market showed a mixed response during the week. Local price of black pepper in Vietnam increased, while in Lampung decreased. Local price of black pepper in HCMC increased from VND 140,000 per Kg last week to VND 150,000 per Kg this week. In Lampung, the local price of black pepper decreased by IDR 3,000 per Kg from IDR 104,000 per Kg last week, with very limited activities. Nevertheless, price increase in Vietnam has shown a positive signal despite of the drop in prices in last few weeks. In Sri Lanka, stable price was recorded this week. In the case of white pepper, price in Bangka has recovered and in Vietnam the price was reported stable as last week.

It is reported that estimated production of pepper in Indonesia would be lower from last year. In addition to the death of pepper vines due to very dry weather in the last year drought season, heavy rains occurred in the last months in Lampung and Bangka has resulted in a drop of immature pepper spikes. In Kalimantan, production is also anticipated lower. Weather condition is reported not favourable for this year crop.

IMPORTOF PEPPER BY CANADA:
Canada imported 6,287 Mt of pepper during 2015, comprising of 3,532 Mt of whole and 2,755 Mt of ground pepper. Import in 2015 increased by 6% from the 5,951 Mt in 2014 and slightly higher from the average import in the last ten years at around 6,100 Mt. Up to 2011 India was the main source of whole pepper for Canada, but since 2012 Vietnam has dominated as pepper export to the country. United States remained the main source of ground pepper for Canada.

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