The market is taking a rest just now before the new crops arrive in about a month’s time. Although harvesting has begun in Vietnam, the bearish phase in the global pepper market is likely to continue until a credible figure can be put on the crop in the major producer early next year…READ MORE
GLOBAL pepper prices have shown a weakening tendency over the last few weeks as exporters attempt to shift stocks in a well-covered market. The trader revealed that he does not expect a very active market over the next few months but predicted that as soon as the Vietnamese crop comes through buyers will rush in, […]
TRADERS and industry experts expect global black pepper production in 2007 to be about 20% to 25% lower than average. While Vietnam, the world’s top producer of pepper, is expected to have a normal crop of around 90,000 to 100,000 tonnes, the outlook is less optimistic for other countries…READ MORE
GLOBAL black pepper production for the 2007 season, which begins in December 2006, will fall short of the average crop size, traders and industry experts say. Only Vietnam, the world’s largest producer of black pepper, is estimated to have the normal crop size of 90,000 to 100,000 tonnes…READ MORE
Vietnamese pepper prices have been increasing dramatically this year. Current levels are in the region of $2,300 a tonne compared with $1,500 a tonne back in July. Vietnam exported 112,000 tonnes in the first 10 months of this year, up 20% in volume and 39% in value from the same period last year…READ MORE
VIETNAM has exported nearly 100,000 tonnes of pepper so far this year, earning $149m, up 37% in volume and 46% in value from the same period last year. This brings Vietnam pepper exports close to the figure for the whole of last year when exports were 110,000 tonnes…READ MORE
VIETNAM has recorded a major boost in pepper exports over the first seven months of this year, thereby comfortably maintaining its position as the world’s largest pepper exporter. Between January and July the country exported a total of 89,000 tonnes of pepper, valued at $130m, a gain of 36.9% in volume terms and 44.3% by […]
THE price of Vietnamese pepper for export has increased by up to $200 a tonne from early this year to between $1,575 and $1,600 a tonne, the highest price for the last two years Vietnam exported 76,000 tonnes of pepper in the first six months of this year, earning $108m. The figures saw a year-on-year […]
VIETNAM exported 89,000 tons of pepper worth $129m in the first seven months of this year. This represents a 36.9% increase in the tonnage and a 44.3% increase in its value from the same period in 2005. Export prices of Vietnamese pepper are now standing at some $1, 575 a tonne, $175 higher than early […]
A key factor is that exports from Vietnam are estimated to have already reached around 60,000 tonnes so far this year from a total crop of 90,000 tonnes. This does not leave a massive amount through to next February. People are looking at the maths of it all and thinking it is time to start […]