PEPPER prices have continued declining recently, mainly due to slow demand as buyers adopt a wait and see attitude before crops start coming in early next year. Vietnam, White pepper prices declined by between $200 and $400 a tonne…READ MORE
One of the main reasons for the global fall is that Vietnam’s pepper production is estimated at 92,000 tonnes this year, with output likely to decline by about 10% in 2007. For 2006, stocks are estimated at 64,430 tonnes (9,260 tonnes of which are white and…READ MORE
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. High quality white pepper, favoured by the more selective markets such as the…READ MORE
GLOBAL white pepper of fair average quality as rising to spot prices of $2,850 a tonne from $2,800 a tonne a week earlier and to shipment levels of $2,800 a tonne cif against $2,700 a tonne earlier. Vietnamese white pepper also strengthened, being indicated at $2,425 a tonne cif against $2,400 a tonne previously…READ MORE
Vietnamese white pepper is drawing buying interest. This demand, along with a delay in the forthcoming crop, which would normally be harvested at the end of February, and the realisation that the 2006 crop will be smaller than that of 2005, is helping to keep Vietnamese prices steady to firm…READ MORE
Vietnamese pepper holds 50% of the world market shares and is exported to 73 countries across the world, mostly the US, European countries and the Middle East. Of the exported volume, 35% was high-quality white pepper…READ MORE