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