Pepper importers look for new direction

WEAK demand has meant that international pepper prices have continued to show a generally weaker tone of late, but there is some expectation that this price trend could change before the end of the year. High input costs have prompted the country’s farmers to switch to more lucrative crops. White pepper output from Bangka is […]

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World pepper prices maintain firm trend

The International Pepper Community said that during 2007 Indonesia exported 38,002 tonnes of pepper worth $131m, comprising 15,544 tonnes of white pepper. Compared with 2006, exports of white pepper decreased marginally by 1%…READ MORE

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White pepper surges as stocks dwindle

INTERNATIONAL white pepper prices have shown some sharp increases over the last few weeks due to overall shortages. Indonesian grades of white pepper, The strongest increase in Indonesian Muntok grades, which had escalated by an average of around $200 a tonne over the last week…READ MORE

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