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Pepper Market Review Week 13 2025 and Field trip

Despite the peak harvesting season in Vietnam, black and white pepper prices remain high. Farmers have largely stopped depositing pepper with local collectors due to significant losses from excessive speculation over the past two years. This lack of readily available raw material has reduced trading activities among collectors. Since the entire crop is currently held by farmers, predicting their selling behavior is challenging. Local collectors anticipate some sales before the rainy season begins in June, as they are concerned about [...]

1 April
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Will Global Supply Chain will be disrupted by Vietnams first quarter 2025 Pepper exports

Given the export data from the first quarter for the last five years, Vietnam Pepper pepper traders are seriously discussing potential supply chain disruptions in the coming quarters. These discussions aim to address and mitigate any adverse effects stemming from the current trends observed in the export data.   Year Export Volume (tons) Q1 2020 81,094 Q1 2021 61,584 Q1 2022 54,615 Q1 2023 76,727 Q1 2024 56,712 Q1 2025 (Est.) 42000 Q1 2025 projection shows significant decline compared to previous years   India continues to lead the price tally with  US$ 8750 FOB for it’s Malabar [...]

27 March
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Pepper Market Review Week 41 2025

Black and White Pepper prices closed slightly lower this week, despite showing signs of mid-week strengthening due to a surge in Q2 demand from Western Europe and USA Grinders. Sellers are hesitant to commit to further out positions due to limited financial capacity and the ongoing difficulty in obtaining bank financing. Despite being mid-March, there is no significant pressure from farmers to sell their pepper crop, due to high prices for intercropped coffee and Durian fruits. Unlike these crops, pepper can [...]

27 March
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Vietnam Pepper Prices Update mid week 11 2025

Black and White Pepper Prices opening firmer today with farmers adopting staggered selling as more and more exporters willing to pay up the asking prices of limited sellers. Though we saw a slight decline last two days sentiments turned bullish as local investors were investing on pepper rather than coffee and Durian as the prices stay at historic high levels .   Following are the indicative prices today for March/FH April Shipment FOB Hochiminh    Whole Black Pepper 500 gl Asta cleaned with [...]

27 March
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Vietnam Pepper Prices Update mid week 10 2025

Black and White Pepper Prices opening firmer today with farmers adopting staggered selling as they are flushed with Coffee and Durian Fruit sales .We saw today lot of exporters in the market vying for farm gate pepper procurements.   Following are the indicative prices today for March/FH April Shipment FOB Hochiminh    Whole Black Pepper 500 gl Asta cleaned with Max 10% Light Berries Moisture Max 12.5 %  Extraneous matter 0.2 % USD 7175 Pmt    Whole Black Pepper 550 gl Asta cleaned with Max 5% [...]

27 March
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Pepper Market Review Week 09 2025

Dear customer, Please be advised that pepper markets in Vietnam have shown some easiness throughout the week but at close started firming again with multinational operators in the market picking up aggressive offers from local dealers and collectors who want to speculate a bit.Local market witnessed bids of 158-159000 Vietnam Dongs per Kilo with sellers deciding to wait for week 10 to see how harvest is progressing ! Brazil offers have climbed up during the week with  Machine Dried:* ASTA min 570 GL [...]

27 March
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Pepper Market Review Week 07 2025

Dear customers, Black and White Pepper prices remained steady and unchanged from last week. Chinese buyers were unwilling to pay the asking prices of local collectors beyond 162,000 Vietnam Dongs per Kilo for whole Black Pepper Bench Mark Quality (500 grams per Liter with 13.5% Moisture). Only buyers needing immediate shipments were in the market. Many buyers anticipate that prices will likely correct and return to 150,000 Vietnam Dongs per kilo (the pre-Tet Holidays level) when arrivals peak in mid-March. While [...]

17 February
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Pepper Market Movements Week 7 2025

Pepper prices in Vietnam closed this week unchanged from previous week though during the week we witnessed lot of volatility due to a combination of factors.   *Key Factors of Volatility in prices :* Harvesting  in traditional growing areas like  Bin Phuoc Dong Nai Loc Ninh and Baria has commenced and new crop will in all probabilities will start coming to the market in a small way from week 8  and Chinese aggressive buying may take a back step    Global Market Dynamics*: Changes [...]

13 February
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Pepper Market Review Week 6 2025

Dear customer, Black and White Pepper prices continued to surge in week 6, both locally and internationally. Local demand surpassed supply due to limited carryover, delayed harvest, and China purchasing all available Double Washed White Pepper stocks. Exporters struggled to source Double Washed White Pepper, and offers for Old Crop Black Pepper were limited. As a result, White Pepper Processors were actively seeking Black Pepper holders. Most enterprises and their supply chain partners will fully reopen on Monday, February 10th, 2025 [...]

10 February
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Pepper market updates mid week 6 2025

Pepper prices in Vietnam have surged due to a combination of factors. The country’s pepper industry is facing significant challenges, including a prolonged drought earlier this year that delayed the 2025 harvest by one to two months. This delay has affected the quality of the crop, with pepper berries  not maturing as expected.¹ Additionally, Vietnam’s limited pepper stock is causing prices to rise with each transaction. The global market is also influencing prices, with Indonesia’s pepper harvest season coming [...]

7 February
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