Arrivals from Vietnam dent pepper further

March 30, 2009 By:

GLOBAL pepper prices have incurred further losses of late due to the demand-slowing effects of the economic downturn and the bearish influence of new crop arrivals from Vietnam. Vietnamese black pepper prices had edged up before stabilising for a few days and then weakening again by the end of the week…READ MORE

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Vietnam drags down world pepper values

March 2, 2009 By:

INTERNATIONAL pepper prices declined further in the week to February 19 largely as a result of hefty availability from Vietnam’s 2009 crop and the cautious, hand to mouth buying which has arisen from the economic crisis. Trade estimates have pegged the Vietnamese crop at around 110,000 tonnes, which would be similar to that of 2008. […]

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