In export terms, this had meant gains of some $600 to $700 a tonne. However, over the last two weeks to Monday, April 19, prices had eased back, putting Vietnamese black pepper at dong50,000 ($2.60) per kg…READ MORE
Vietnam exported some 28,000 tonnes of pepper over the first three months of this year and is expected to ship 12,000 to 15,000 tonnes this month, giving total sales of 40,000 to 43,000 tonnes for the January to April 2010 period…READ MORE
The advent of Vietnam as a major player in the pepper arena has meant that the quality and quantum of the crop in that country will have a direct effect on global prices. Vietnam today contributes 120,000 tonnes, or nearly 43%, of the aggregate global black pepper output of 279,500 tonnes. When there was partial […]
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have shown a weaker tendency of late due to slack buying interest and the imminent arrival of Vietnamese new crop material. Vietnam has become the key supplier at the moment as rival origins are mostly sold out or very low on stocks. It had been anticipated that Vietnam would have run out […]