Archive for August, 2004

BLACK pepper prices continue to stagnate in what has been dubbed the worst year of trading in recent history due to the massive oversupply in the global market. Vietnam has made a major contribution to the global rise in pepper production as, having had a crop of just 8,623 tonnes in 1990…READ MORE

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Vietnam had exported 40,000 tonnes this year, so more than half its stocks have yet to be sold. They complained that potential customers were aware of this and were staying out of the market, expecting prices to fall lower…READ MORE

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