INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have shown continued regular strength on good demand and an underlying shortfall in availability. Some trade sources believe prices will ease around March 2012 after harvesting of Vietnam’s next crop…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have shown continued strength in recent weeks as tight availability combines with renewed buying interest to exert upward pressure. The total crop size in 2011 might be insufficient to cover worldwide demand up to the new Vietnamese crop in March 2012…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper trading has been sluggish of late largely because global buyers have been deterred by major fluctuations in prices from Vietnam. This month Vietnamese black pepper of 500gpl and fair, average quality, had reached nearly $6,000 a tonne fob. There had then been major downward corrections to a range of $5,000 to $5,100 a […]
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have tended to ease slightly in recent weeks as demand remains largely steady rather than strong, but any spur in buying is expected to send values sharply higher as the fundamentals are still tight. In April Vietnam sold around 15,000 tonnes of pepper overseas and a similar volume was seen in March, […]
VIETNAM’S pepper vines face the risk of being destroyed in future years if preventative measures are not taken against pepper wilt disease. Pepper production of Vietnam in 2011 is estimated to reach between 100,000 and 110,000 tonnes, accounting for nearly 30% of the total global production…Read MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have escalated even higher in recent weeks on ongoing strong demand which has kept sellers in a commanding position over the market. Vietnamese pepper prices had risen since the end of the…READ MORE
Vietnam had shipped 15,000 tonnes in March alone and 22,000 tonnes between January and March 2011. This compared with 25,000 tonnes in the same period of 2010, but on this previous occasion Vietnam had some carryover stocks…READ MORE
THE much anticipated arrival of new crop pepper from Vietnam has failed to take the heat out of global prices of the spice as the origin chooses to keep a tight grip on its stocks to capitalise on the overall tight availability across the market…READ MORE
Vietnam pepper prices in local currency were stable over the week under review, but in dollar terms prices decreased by 7% due to the devaluation of the Vietnamese dong against the dollar, putting 500 g/l material at $4,125 a tonne and 550 g/l at $4,450 a tonne…READ MORE
GLOBAL pepper demand has been relatively subdued of late as buyers hold off until they get a clearer picture of Vietnam’s new crop which comes through later this month and into March…READ MORE