GLOBAL pepper production is set to fall by 3% in 2005 owing to prolonged low prices that have become a strain on farmers faced with the burden of rising production costs. Brazil forecast to produce 45,000 tonnes…READ MORE
BRAZIL is expected to significantly increase its white pepper production this year following predictions that there will be a bumper overall 2004 harvest of between 50,000 and 65,000 tonnes. Brazil has had poor pepper crops, with the 2003 harvest pegged between 40,000 and 45,000 tonnes…READ MORE
Brazil’s black pepper harvest, which is expected to become available in August, has been provisionally estimated at between 55,000 and 60,000 tonnes. This compares with an estimated 2003 crop of approximately 45,000 tonnes. Although it is still too early to make an accurate forecast, the trader was assured that Brazil would reap a significantly increased […]