INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have staged another upward move in recent weeks as alarmingly low stocks take further effect. Indian black pepper, limited carryover stocks, domestic demand and speculation are all helping to push prices up. India is said to have become a net importer of pepper for the first time this year…READ MORE
Idukki now accounts for 60% of the pepper production from the state. Indian pepper output has dipped drastically from a range of 75,000 to 100,000 tonnes to the current levels of around 55,000 tonnes because of disease and declining yields…READ MORE
India as the largest pepper producer in a short time and is now the largest exporter of the spice. Experts said that a multi-crop planting policy in Kerala and Tamil Nadu is a major reason for the fall in India’s pepper production…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL black pepper prices have shown further gains of late as the increasingly tight global stocks situation takes its toll on the market. The supply situation in all the origins is not that great. India is having its domestic demand and has limited stocks…READ MORE
INDIA’S pepper production in 2009 is likely to remain stagnant at, or slightly below, the previous year’s estimated output of between 50,000 and 55,000 tonnes…READ MORE
Pepper values as moving up due to strong recoveries in various stock markets which has spurred funding interest in the pepper sector, particularly in India…READ MORE
THE Indian Spices Board plans to implement a re-plantation and rejuvenation scheme for pepper in the Idukki district of Kerala. The aim of the scheme is to increase production to 100,000 tonnes in five years from the present 28,000 tonnes in the district, which accounts for 60% of the pepper output from the state…READ MORE
THE Indian Spices Board plans to implement a re-plantation and rejuvenation scheme for pepper in order to boost output…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have seen sharp gains in recent weeks largely as a result of improved demand and the continued depreciation of the US dollar against key global currencies. In the week ending May 29, Increases in black pepper prices from India…READ MORE
India has pushed its prices up well above the market and it is overdone to the point where it cannot sell anything. Because there are hardly any stocks left on the Indian futures exchanges the local speculators can play the market…READ MORE