INTERNATIONAL black pepper prices have shown some temporary downward corrections of late as buyers hold off from large scale purchases but the underlying fundamentals of tight supply and high prices remain intact. Brazil shipped around 4,500 tonnes over the whole of September and again in October…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have shown continued regular strength on good demand and an underlying shortfall in availability. Brazil’s crop is said to be small, this year’s…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have shown continued strength in recent weeks as tight availability combines with renewed buying interest to exert upward pressure. Brazil also is reporting a somewhat smaller crop so the squeeze which is expected to happen later this year is materialising right now. Evidently this is leading to higher prices. It is clear […]
BRAZILIAN pepper trading has continued to be strong, with price rises of about $100 a tonne. Brazilian exporters slowed down their interest in selling the new crop, in belief of a prices uptrend towards the end of the year…READ MORE
TRADE in Brazilian pepper has come out of the doldrums with decent sales over the past couple of weeks. Despite the sentiment of bullishness caused in the previous week by strong sales, prices decreased a little at growers as well as at exporters – and trades were been done at $6,100 a tonne average level […]
Brazil has some stock left, but this was in very strong hands. Prices there are above $6,000 a tonne fob…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have tended to ease slightly in recent weeks as demand remains steady rather than strong, but any spur in buying is expected to send values sharply higher as the fundamentals are still tight. Brazilian pepper prices had eased slightly of late. There are some ideas on new crop but it is all […]
Brazilian exporters kept withholding remaining material from the country’s latest crop in order to generate even higher financial returns. Brazil’s B1 grades of black pepper were now around $6,000 a tonne c&f and B2 at $5,900 a tonne. There are virtually no offers. This is not the time for Brazil to be the market maker…READ […]
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices have held firm in recent weeks and underlying tight fundamentals look set to ensure they remain solid even if demand tails off in the coming weeks. In the week to November 26, there were some indications of a further advance in values from certain origins…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL pepper prices escalated even higher in the week to November 5 on increasingly tight stocks and fears that supply looks set to remain limited in 2011. Normally the market would count on the Brazilian crop to alleviate any tightness in the fourth quarter of the year. However, this year’s Brazilian crop started late and […]